"My father believed Garrick was manipulating Bloodmoon's remnants," Adrian said slowly, working through this new understanding as they gathered in Elena's private council chamber the following morning. "Using their resources and hidden soldiers for his own purposes."
"But if Garrick himself carries genuine Bloodmoon blood," Elena said, "that changes the entire dynamic between them considerably."
"Perhaps not quite as we assume," Kira said carefully, studying the documents they had gathered the previous night. "Consider the pattern more closely. Garrick has spent decades positioned within Voss authority, carrying hidden connection to both Lustblood and Bloodmoon simultaneously. What if he has not simply served either house faithfully, but instead manipulated both against each other, extra
