"Well," Brighde said as she sipped her tea. "I'll give Valeri this much at least. I didn't think he had it in him."
"But you see how foolish it is," Telent said, picking up a soft roll from his plate and tearing it into smaller pieces. "Moving against Her Dominion and her witches is all but suicide. I've been thinking that we should go to her now, to let her know what Valeri intends, but if we do, he'll expose other things we've done…"
"I don't think that Lady Ashlynn is as unassailable as you think she is," Brighde said, frowning at how quickly her husband seemed to be willing to kiss the ring of the march's current master. "She's putting on a good show at the moment, but she's also overplayed her hand."
"She… what?" Telent said, momentarily startled enough that his hands froze on what was left of the roll. "Overplayed her hand?"
