By the time Dunnoc demanded Tennoc leave court, the plans had already been made; Lassanna told him with some hauteur that her son had been invited to stay at Brunsial, for Williard ar Sial had use for him even if his King did not. The news left Dunnoc in a grimmer mood than he expected. He thought he'd be more at ease, the danger to his children banished, but he hadn't reckoned on driving a wedge between himself and Lassa. Everywhere he began to see signs she grew bored with him, of her flirting and encouraging younger men.
When he told his lords at council the next day that Tennoc would go to Brunsial, the response surprised him: they urged him to kill Tennoc on the way.
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Published on January 21, 2013 00:00