ELEVEN
Treachery
SPRING 966 MC
Lord Alexander Stanton, Earl of Tewsbury, looked across the table at the few who had assembled. He'd summoned the Nobles Council in Wincaster to discuss a matter of great import. It was hardly his fault the queen's faction was woefully underrepresented due to their efforts of liberating Weldwyn.
Lord Markham Anglesley, Duke of Colbridge, shifted in his seat. "Can we get on with this? I haven't got all day."
"Have big plans, do you?" This question came from Lord Horace Spencer, Earl of Eastwood. "What's her name?"
"Very funny. I'll have you know I'm expected at the Grand."
"Oh? I didn't realize you were a devotee of the theatre."
"It is a work I commissioned, if you must know."
"Indeed?" said Spencer. "How intriguing. Please, tell us more."
"Yes," ad
