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Jalyn paced in his room. It’d been three days since the assassination attempt, and the archmage was yet to send a message, which made him wonder whether she had changed her mind about his involvement with the defense of the city. If that was true, he couldn’t blame her. With the attack he had not only witnessed, but almost fallen victim himself to, it had become clear that someone in Tivarashan wanted her dead. Kamira had no strong ties to the queendom, even with her own family, so it couldn’t have been a political rival seeking revenge. As much as Jalyn hated to admit it, someone from his own family, or at least of a high position in the court, was involved. Which raised the question about Jalyn’s own role in the plot. Had his own mother sent him to serve as a distraction for the arch
