And as she turned it over in her hands, something woke in her memory. The twin goblets. The age-old symbol of the Knight of Justice. And her bloodline. Crest. Descendant of the Knight of Justice. She who weighed the cups of guilt and innocence, of support and opposition, of virtue and vice. A trusted servant of the crown. Cupbearer. Igrain Crest, who had always disapproved of Aubrecht Lievelyn. Whose retainers had seized control of the Queen Tower even as Ead fled from it, ostensibly to protect Sabran. Ead gripped the balustrade. Loth had sent one warning from Cárscaro. Beware the Cupbearer.
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