Chapter 105: Intel

Celine "You should be better than that," she said. "I trained you to be better than that, Celine. I don't want excuses," her mother said. "Send more spies to do their work. The ones you sent to kill the Seabrook boy were supposed to come back with his body, weren't they?" her mother asked in an accusatory tone. "Yes, High Scepter," Celine said. "So what happened?" "We lost all communication with them in the Witch's Forest," her mother twitched her face. "Damn that landmass we can never claim. The dense fog that is riddled with hallucinogens, along with the clear spells and enchantments laid around the area, has made it nearly impossible for us to come through," her mother said, clicking her tongue and tapping her nails against her table. "Very well," her mother said. "You did well in Stormbrook. It worked well for your first mission. Once Stormbrook is certain to lose the war, we will sweep in and take possession of the gold." "I made sure to steer the attention away from the go