The inn had fallen into silence, Neveah could still sense the presence of the Mer Cardinals waiting outside, where they had left the group to deliberate in privacy.
"Do you really think Lodenworth is in the dark about all that is happening?" Dante asked, his tone uncertain. "I mean, why exactly would he go all the way to the Sea Kingdom without reason? How could any of this have escaped his notice?"
Neveah also was not certain, she was even less certain why she entertained this train of thought. That perhaps things were not as they seemed and there was more to this situation than they were presently aware of. Lodenworth was an excellent man in all regards, he was not one to be easily fooled.
And then Neveah's gaze strayed to Xenon, and she quelled that train of thought. 'Even the finest men, can be fooled by their own yearning.'
