I gasped. That was Mayda’s convent, the one where I had sought refuge during Mordred’s revolt. I explained to him about Mayda’s fate after she’d tipped us off about Badon, my time at the convent, and how I came to Din Eidyn. “Elga may well have taken out her anger at me on her sister. It was something Mayda feared, and rightly.”
“Well, now I am especially grateful you foiled our plan. You helped us avoid bloodshed no one knew was coming.”
“So am I. How did you manage to continue your ruse when Kiara and I appeared?”
Aggrivane shrugged. “It was not that difficult, really. You and Elga were so intent on one another that your attention was not on me. All I had to do was play at taking on Kiara while my partner did all the real work. Once she dispatched him, I could already see the battle t
