Abandoned by the Duke, I'm the Divine Seraph novel · Chapter 15 of 24
Chapter 15: Thornfield Hears
The notice was nailed to the barn door, and the hunter's son had brought a copy inside.
Linnet read it twice at the kitchen table with her lips moving.
"Murder of eleven guardsmen at Greywall," she said. "Theft of the Duke's beast. Sorcery with a stolen stone."
"And?" I said.
"If Rowan Ellesmere does not stand before the Rite Hall at noon on the third day, Marrowford will answer for hiding him."
Ilsabet set down her cup.
"Marrowford saw the feathers. He is going to burn it for what it saw."
"So I go," I said.
"That is exactly what he wants."
"Then he gets what he wants, in front of everyone."
Ilsabet looked at me for a long moment.
Then she picked up her braid and tucked the white streak behind her ear.
"The Duke keeps a ledger," she said. "In his study, behind the Rite Hall."
"Every grain of power he has drawn out of that beast, with dates, and the names of the men who paid."
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