“So, you knew nothing of your crew’s plan to murder their future queen?” he asks smoothly. “Crew?” Torri bellows. “No, sir, as we discussed last night in private, these three men acted alone. There were only a handful of sailors on that deck last night and most of them were at the helm. We could hardly see a damn thing through that rain.” He says this all rather quickly, as if forced to spit out the words before they are forgotten. I incline my head toward the captain. “Why were so few of your men on the deck during such a storm?” Torri’s large hands wave with each of his words. “My crew had
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