There was no blood, no mayhem. Their deaths were clean, as if whoever had planned this had thought about every possible outcome.
The three bodies that were lying lifeless in front of Mircea's eyes were poisoned the same way Leigh was. And the poison that was used in this case was the one that was used to kill the King Renomous and the one Mircea was taking small doses of every night.
Mircea recalled Leigh telling her about how cunningly it worked on witches.
She silently hoped Leigh survived the poison.
"Does the council know about this?" Mircea stared at their corpses. There was nothing she could do now other than controlling the damage.
"No." Lilith responded, inspecting the corpses. No one knew until now how vast Lilith's knowledge went with every kind of poison. She had identified the type of poison instantly, surprising both Athos and Mircea.
