Morava felt the ground slipping beneath her. She grabbed a chair as her breath became ragged.
Rigel tilted his head and said in a sarcastic voice, "What did you say? Murders of soldiers and slaves is nothing uncommon when it comes to the royals. You should get used to such things and don't act sissy!"
Morava wasn't scared of the fact that Rigel had taken Ivy and Orna and had tortured them to this extent. People like Ivy and Orna were small pawns in the big game. They were nothing. But what scared her was that Rigel had brought them in his tent despite all the protection. How did he manage to infiltrate the palace? She recalled seeing the map of the palace in Eltanin's tent, but it was hardly anything that was not unobtainable.
