The short visit to Lorren is still fresh in Katherine’s mind and she smiles fondly when she remembers the fun they all had. Well, not Linn. But that was the whole point of it. She wonders what kind of lesson that was, because lately every single thing Cellan does has a purpose and more often than not a hidden lesson in it. Maybe it was so from the start? Did he decide to overthrow her father and make her the Queen the same night he brought her here? It would be just like him, too.
She sits in the library with a book on her lap, but she has no idea what it’s about. She can’t focus and read, she keeps replaying the scene with Ilias and Linn, over and over again. She looks at it from all angles and thinks about who did what and who said what. Most importantly, what was not said. The Mayor is
