MATED TO MY BROTHER'S ENEMY
“Who can get into the alchemy supplies?”
“Master Willem keeps them in his tower, but…” Mira fiddled with her thread, then leaned in. “Tom, the cook’s helper, was here. The missing kid. He’s different now.”
Lyra’s hand paused. She could sense it, the emptiness where Tom’s normal feelings should be. Instead, something rotten had been jammed in there, a fake sort of loyalty, soaked in Kael’s corruption.
“He’s collared,” she said flatly. “One of Kael’s spies. So much for trusting the kitchen staff.”