CHAPTER 49

Russel made his way into the castle proper and was immediately guided to the room that had been prepared. Bartholomew met him as soon as he came inside, the old servant taking stock of the situation without needing any further details. Russel was grateful for that. At least someone was capable of handling things properly. He hoped his gut reaction about what was going on inside his kingdom, about how…wrong it was, turned out to be false. But with the Harvenk werewolf breaching through the entire countryside and then infiltrating the stronghold, he didn’t expect that to happen. Wouldn’t sending spies into Oclan pose too much of a risk for Harvenk? If found, it could be taken as a declaration of war. Unless… Russel didn’t want to keep thinking the thoughts rolling around his head. Because those were worse. The risk to Harvenk would be great, true, but it wouldn’t be as great if someone inside the enemy kingdom knew about potential weaknesses in Oclan defensive positions, sentry routes