Chapter 173: CHAPTER 173 Don't Shoot The Messenger

　　~ CASIMIR ~

　　When I reached the chamber I was surprised to find the entire council assembled, but I realized I shouldn't have been. Ghere would have called them the moment a messenger from Rake was announced, intending to assess the information he brought and see if it required my immediate attention. 

　　He had no memory of the fact that I had schemes afoot with Khush, or that Rake knew details the others didn't.

　　No wonder he was so perturbed that the messenger wanted only to speak with me. He would find it odd for Rake to make that request, so would assume the messenger was being overly fastidious. I needed to be very, very careful how I handled this. 

　　"Where is he?" I asked the moment I walked into the chamber, while the others were still bowing.