To those who still believe honor has a place in what is being planned, I write this with a plain seal and without a signature, because I value my life and yours as well. What follows is not rumor, nor conjecture, but truth witnessed firsthand. The queen has not staked herself as deeply in this venture as you have been led to believe.
Assurances have already been exchanged in private. When the king falls, she will stand untouched by any aftermath his death may bring, and the blame will be laid neatly elsewhere.
I have seen the list of concessions promised to secure her influence over Lamora once the deed is done. Your name does not appear among those to be spared should the plot be uncovered prematurely. That mercy has been reserved for others, those bound to her by blood, marriage, or long-standing favor.
