"Mmhm, Princess Aenyris. Someone stabbed her and skinned her too. They didn't tell us that but Lucian told me cause the kitchenboy's aunt is a maid under the steward now and he told her. They stabbed Princess Elia too, and someone left a heart and liver in Tymor's bed. I think they left her skin in father's room." Genna scrunched her nose in distaste at the thought, but that quickly resolved itself as she contemplated what to do with Brandon.
"We could kidnap him properly, like a real bandit. And leave him in the wood- right at the edge where they'll be sure to find him. He wouldn't even know it was only us and then they'll think we're kidnapped. They would be too busy looking for grownups to just look for only us... Don't you think?"
Genna didn't want to go North. It was the sort of realization that snuck up and jumped out at you and she ducked her head to think it out. "Maybe... just straight east or west?" And then she shrugged defeatedly. "Oh, it doesn't matter anyway. They'll have Brandon and They probably won't even bother looking for us. There's another Brandon on the way in any case."
Her expression softened and she patted Gwyn's hand. "I can't wait to go outside with you. It's been a long long time. We'll find the tunnel and we'll go away and be rid of all of them."