Royal Malice
It could not, at any cost, be affected.
“Which merchant?” I asked sharply, though in my heart, I already knew the answer.
He lowered his voice. “It’s 5 merchants involved, but their head is Merchant Arven, Your Grace.”
Of course. Arven, one of Jasper’s hounds. Just this trade alone is not enough to cause a crisis, nor does Jasper have the power to create a crisis that big, but it was enough to ignite a flame that could reach me.
So this was Jasper’s tactic? Disrupt the southern duchy’s trade, incite disorder, and cast doubt on my rule. If the port fell into chaos, it would be said that I, a woman, could not command the sea.
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