Roland and Sigrid compared thoughts on how to break Veylin. In fifteen minutes of doing that, they did not come close to a solution they both agreed on.
"We could give him Miss Keeley Valerius as wife." she suggested after ten seconds of silence.
Roland abruptly sat up and he looked at her through wide shocked eyes. He had a dreadful feeling that she was already aware of what Lord Lachlan Valerius had suggested to him in the petition.
"Is there anything that gets past you?" He asked her.
She smiled stiffly and shook her head. "Noooo..."
"How did you find out?" he asked curiously.
"I am mage." She shrugged.
Her answer did not explain how she knew what she knew. In truth, she had three spies in the Valerius house. Before the petition even arrived on Roland's desk, she knew its contents.
"So, how do you plan to respond to Lord Lachlan? Should I prepare a nursery?"
