Celeste believed Nora Hale would stand alone at the hearing.
Lucian learned otherwise before breakfast.
A Ravencrest servant had seen six women escorted into the protected military wing after dark. None wore Vesper colors. One was Celeste’s personal maid.
General Vesper had built an ambush inside a courtroom.
Lucian smiled as two Greyhaven guards escorted him across the eastern gallery. His request for a five-minute audience had been entered through the Ravencrest delegation and approved under the restrictions governing every approach to General Vesper.
Greyhaven’s nobles still believed the case concerned one soldier who had beaten one of their own. Celeste believed she had contained the only witness who mattered.
By midday, they would discover Evelyn had allowed them to choose their
