[Her eyes flick to the assassin, assessing. Nothing but a tool, this one. He was mid-ranked at best, and certainly wouldn't be able to replace the King. So who was using him? Julien always struck her as the sort to do his own work - and he'd know it would take more than this to take down David. One of the Tens, then. The new Head of Security, perhaps?
Or one of the quieter ones?]
The items you requested came in, but we can meet later, of course.
[Or, she wonders, was it Athena? They'd been pitted against each other for years. Briony doubted peace was so easy.]
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[Her eyes flick to the assassin, assessing. Nothing but a tool, this one. He was mid-ranked at best, and certainly wouldn't be able to replace the King. So who was using him? Julien always struck her as the sort to do his own work - and he'd know it would take more than this to take down David. One of the Tens, then. The new Head of Security, perhaps?
Or one of the quieter ones?]
The items you requested came in, but we can meet later, of course.
[Or, she wonders, was it Athena? They'd been pitted against each other for years. Briony doubted peace was so easy.]