"Where is she?" she demanded forcefully, squeezing his throat a bit more to--hopefully--cut off the more useless words coming from his mouth, though she knew from experience that it was unlikely. The man would be babbling pointlessly in his grave.
"Moth... Er... Your Majesty," Gil said, stepping closer, not sure exactly what was going on, but not wanting to see his father be strangled or attack his mother to save him. "Zeetha's in Mechanicsburg. Mr. Higgs was with her last, but he assures me that she'll recover from her wound nicely. We saw to it that she received the best medical care available." He smiled wryly. "I'm sure she's already on her feet and fighting again."