Chapter Six
The next morning, I woke from a dreamless sleep before dawn, certainty like a block of ice in my stomach. Morgan had gone to see Marius after we read the stones. Why hadn’t I seen that before? Or at least understood it last night? I had been so caught up in my own visions and interpretations of them that it had taken the blackness of sleep to wash away the distractions.
Marius, Morgan’s only ally in Camelot—outside of her son—was currently locked in Camelot’s cellar, awaiting Arthur’s return and his final punishment. In truth, it shocked me that Mordred had kept him imprisoned after freeing Morgan, but then again, Mordred bore no love for the bishop and at least this way he could keep him under close watch.
The opportunity for duplicity had been there all along, and now Mor
