“The witness still works for Celeste.”
Marcus repeated Tessa’s final words without changing his expression.
Only his hand moved.
He placed two fingers on the map of the palace, directly over the servants’ wing controlled by Celeste’s household.
Evelyn stood across the strategy table, her injured shoulder held close beneath the clean bandage. Between them lay service routes, household assignments, and the names of three women Silas Morland had forced out of Greyhaven.
One witness had been found.
Another remained inside the palace.
Marcus looked up.
“Why not use Tessa’s testimony immediately?”
“Because the court will destroy her before it examines Silas.”
“She has a payment record.”
“She was accused of theft.”
“A false accusation.”
“One the Morlands entered into official records
