“Nyssa? My Nyssa?” I exclaimed in shock.
The dowager looked over me with disdain, clearly not wanting my interjection. “Well, she is from your village, so presumably, yes. How do you know her? Is she here because she thinks you’ll take her part in this case?”
I can see in her eyes that this is what she was hoping for. That I will loudly declare allegiance to someone from my former life rather than fall on the side of her family. My future family. I’m not sure if this is something she’s planned, or just a convenient opportunity that has fallen in her lap, but this is a test. And I’m determined to pass. Not for her benefit. But for Varek. He deserves to know I’m on his side.
“I don’t think that would be possible. Nyssa was my best friend, but she was part of the plot to eliminate Cassia
