Rudwick ponders around his room once he has sent for Andrew to be locked up; he knows he cannot keep locked forever. He is still the legitimate son of the king, but he will not allow, not under his watch will he allow that man to make threats to his Reina, his wife.
And that being done, Rudwick has sent message to the castle about his problem here in Yema. As long as his father is still alive, this injustice against him shall not take place—if his father could punish Andrew when he hurt him at the castle..then what more would happen now that he was Earl.
He knows if the Queen hears about her son's news, she would bring doom, but it is why Rudwick sends the message himself. He will tell the king the news in a letter and that will make things seem less complicated, he will write about
