"No."
Dash's answer was soft and short.
"Then why.." she trailed off, afraid to finish the terrifying question. Until now, she'd assumed Dash sold them out on his own accord. If that wasn't the answer then what was?
"It was the king's idea," Dash murmured, his eyes lingering on the floor.
The king's idea? She thought back to their final briefing in Mevani and the signal between the king and Dash. Was this Dash's true mission?
"You said the king wanted you to spread false intel," Kel whispered.
Dash opened his mouth and closed it again. He briefly met Kel's eyes before dropping his gaze back to the ground.
"That's right," he finally responded.
Then why did he lead the enemy directly to them?
Kel stopped to consider the situation. The Serin empire had taken a fake princess hostage, so technically it was a fake lead. That meant the false intel Dash had been ordered to give out… was Kel.
