105 Another Coup

The king left then. He had heard what he wanted to hear. As he moved back to his chambers, he pulled his sword out and kept it at the ready. The short encounter with Strachan had revealed many things. One was that a plan was definitely afoot. But that was not what bothered the king. He could have run Strachan through there and then this evening and he would be justified. Yet, the man had taken the risk. It only meant that Strachan did not need to be alive for the plan to be executed. So it had been perfected then. He got up and called his personal servant, a dutiful lad named Allan. “Yes my lord.” “Get someone to go into the city and get me Erom Stuttin immediately.” There was no attack that he and Erom could not handle. Once Erom got here, he was going to have all the guards around him posted somewhere else for now. Whatever Strachan was planning, he knew it was going to be brutal and he did not need anyone dying for him. But when Erom did arrive, he did not approve of that