Chapter 9
Two days after their return to Daeron’s Keep the final plans had been formulated to overthrow the Lord and his followers.
In spite of their strained beginnings Lathron and Castien were becoming friends of a sort. Theirn on the other hand wanted nothing to do with him. He told Castien in confidence that despite the truth spell Lathron had been under he did not trust a word the human said. “He is a charlatan,” he pronounced and nothing would change his mind.
Castien might have been amused at Theirn’s adamancy if he had not seen something in the lad’s eyes that gave him pause. He would have sworn Theirn was jealous and wondered if it had to do with the fact he now spent more time with Lathron than he did with Theirn, which he needed to do. Or perhaps there was something more, som
