Chapter Twenty-One
Ensor, the witch, had had a premonition that things would not go well with Prince Igor. Impatience was always a mistake where witchcraft was concerned; it was important to give the magic time. But Igor could not be held back, and so the witch had decided to steal away before things got difficult. It was in the nature of spells that they could not altogether be depended on. She didn’t want to be around if things went wrong.
The news of Igor’s death had not come as a great surprise. Ensor always kept her ear to the ground, and soon understood that the Thane of Crawdor was likely to make a strong bid to become the new ruler of Breconia. She had also heard a rumour that he and his wife had dabbled in witchcraft. Accordingly she managed to get herself an audience.
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