CHAPTER SEVENTEENLumina had no way of knowing for sure if there were Lords of the Darkness in her castle, so she focused on that which she could deal with: the Avadierish. The next step in her plan to secure her country’s freedom from their influence was to rid her father of his corrupt advisers.
The king had the most trusted of his new spies investigate each adviser. When they gave him the news that Derlish, Moncati and Fidora were indeed involved with Avadier, he called them in and dismissed them one by one, stripping them of their titles, land and fortune, and sentencing them to jail for treason.
Each of them left the throne room looking pale and gazing desperately at the Avadierish they met on their way out. But the Avadierish simply ignored them, as if they were dirt to be washed fr
