Chapter 15: First Warning“What does it mean?” asked King Asa.
“Is Asa in danger?” asked Asa's brother, Devver.
“No, not for now. It seems that this is just a small group of people,” Mantuan answered.
“But how small? Do they really mean to overthrow the kings?” asked Vance.
“Honestly, I don't know,” admitted Mantuan. “We had been fighting for so long against Trunculin that we may have missed some groups that are unhappy with the speed of change.”
“What do you mean?” asked Asa, curling his bare toes on the rug.
“Well, Trunculin controlled things for so long that there was a relative peace. An iron hand can produce peace, but not freedom,” Mantuan explained. “He had evil plans no one knew about, but the everyday lives of the people ran fairly smoothly. Now there is freedom. But without
