บท 14: Chapter 14

"Are you well, Highness?"

Shanna nodded, straightening her shoulders and taking deep breaths to steady her roiling stomach. She looked at each body, eyes stinging as she recognized her two spies. Their throats had indeed been slit, the deed done so quickly their expressions gave away only a touch of surprise. "These are mine. Ani and Lemora. I don't recognize the man who killed them, but my stepfather isn't the sort to keep a regular killer on hand. That would leave too great a trail back to him."

Ahmla grunted. "What I know of your stepfather, he probably hires cheap but effective killers, then kills them when the deed is done. So he knows of your cave and your spies. Why kill them now?"