"I think I value brutal honesty over a honeyed tongue," Alethea replied with smile. "At least with Prince Myrwin, you generally know where you stand."
Alethea drummed her fingers on her desk, "Hmm." She filed her concerns away for later consideration. There were hundreds of other things she had to review and the hour was growing shorter. She hardly wanted to be stumbling around the Red Keep's secret halls in the middle of the night, inching through dark tunnels for tiny clues.