Chapter 69
Their informal council broke up hastily. Song needed to write down her a report and seek another meeting with Wen and Brigadier Chilaca to share their fresh suspicions, while Angharad had to prepare for the banquet she would be attending tonight. Possibly the very same banquet where Ambassador Gule would be arrested. She took Tristan aside to pass him a slip of paper, however, under Maryam’s curious gaze/
The thief looked bewildered after reading the contents.
“How did you learn all of this?” he asked.
“I asked,” Angharad Tredegar replied without batting an eye.
Maryam suppressed her amusement as she watched him open his mouth, think again and close it.
“Many thanks,” he tried.
“It was my pleasure,” Angharad beamed at him.
He was left standing in her wake, poleaxed.
“What’s on the paper?” Maryam asked.