“What do you suggest I do?”
I knew that I was pushing my luck by asking her this, but I also knew that my work would have been done for me if she went ahead and suggested exactly what I wanted to ask her. I would have no obstacles from King Kal, because I would then be able to tell him that it was Elder Xara who had made the suggestion to me. He would have no choice but to be accepting of it.
“Not that I think you should do it, but the logical answer would be for you to take her with you.”
And just like that, she had played right into my hands. The only problem was that she had gone ahead and said that she didn’t think that I should do it. It meant that she would be able to deny any claims that I dared to make in her name. Was it possible that she had known what I had been trying to
