The message arrived before dawn, slipped beneath Elena's chamber door sometime during the night, written in handwriting she recognized instantly despite its unsteady, hurried quality.
*Princess Voss. I wish to offer evidence sufficient to end this conspiracy entirely, in exchange for protection guaranteed personally by your own authority. I will not surface publicly until I trust such protection is genuine. Send word through the kitchen servant who delivers your morning meal. I will know how to find you.*
Elena brought the letter to Logan immediately, finding him already awake, his recovery from the poison nearly complete now after a full night's rest.
"This could be a trap," Logan said, reading the careful script twice before setting it down. "Garrick's conspiracy has demonstrated repe
