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“I see. Keep me posted,” my father says before cutting the call, and I ask him what Jason wants. I saw it was him calling when I handed the phone over to my father.
“The queen of Elderhaven ran away,” he says, shocking me. Jason is Clio’s trusted driver and our spy. He says he just drove Valerio to the airport; he’s going to look for her and has instructed that nobody find out about it since he knows what that would mean for her.
“You have to make sure to notify the council somehow,” I say to my father, but he shakes his head, saying we mustn’t overplay our hand, frustrating me. “This is a perfect opportunity to get rid of her. Why did you even have people over there if you’re never going to use the information they provide you with?”
“To keep me infor
