"Stop looking for excuses for your failed actions, and get to what I asked you to do", Jasmine ordered.
Zoe helped Rue stand, and they both left the Queen pacing the small space, her teeth clamped on a finger, a hand holding her waist. There was no plan for what would happen if something like this were to occur. It is only a matter of time before Neera revealed the truth, and the only thing connecting Jasmine to the truth was those two maids.
Jasmine stopped pacing. She was going to have to have Zoe and Rue killed and fast.
No maids, no perpetrator of the murder, no connection back to her. Safest plan.
So Jasmine made her way back to her chambers, carefully plotting out the murder that would take place, and trying to map out how simply she could execute it without drawing attention. She rounded up a corner, and she saw the gown first before she backed away into an alcove.
Neera.
