“Lazen cannot be king,” Yvenne reminded him happily. “He’s dead.” Slain by the only arrow she’d ever drawn with the intent to kill. But Yvenne could not risk saying that without also risking her tongue. Maddek still doubted her part in her brother’s death, for the alliance council had been told that Ran Ashev had slain Lazen, instead—and that was why his mother had been beheaded.
