“I came upon him very late. He didn’t seem himself, Lady Queen. He was wild-eyed, smiling too much, making me nervous. I followed him into that passage, hoping that if I stayed with him, I could learn what was wrong. When I pressed him, he told me he’d done something brilliant, but of course I didn’t know about the prisoners. Then he told me you’d gone out into the city and he’d sent a team to kill you.” “I see,” said Bitterblue. “Just like that, he told you?” “He was nothing like himself, Lady Queen,” Thiel said again, grasping his hair. “He seemed to have some crazy idea that I’d be pleased
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What the hell is going on??
