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“Okay.” Townsend put his notebook away. “Then let’s talk about today.”
“Court did not go as I’d planned.” Normally, the fiasco at court would’ve been Hugh’s least favorite topic to discuss but anything was better than the idea of Conguise’s creatures roaming the city streets.
“Nope. Not at all.” Townsend frowned. “But I thought you were going to wait to see if you could get Wickerwood to talk before you released all Jethro’s friends.”
“I am. I want to give Wickerwood a few days to make sure he doesn’t change his mind about telling us the name of his partner.”
“You are? What do you mean? All the Guards who served with Jethro were released.”
“What are you talking about? I released four of them a few weeks ago to alleviate some of the complaints about only keeping them in pris
