"You want Wulfsen to find out she drools in her sleep tonight?" Yehudit asked.

"If she's still asleep when he arrives, and it's important, he'll wait patiently. Out here in the main room, where you should be right now."

"I go where Sileas goes." Yehudit curled up in a corner on the bed. "I talked to Wulfsen, he's going to want to talk to Sileas."

"It's not like you would be leaving her alone, you would just be letting her sleep. And I am emphatic in this. Sileas is not to be awakened until she is ready."

"I'm letting her sleep, I'm even letting her keep all the blankets." Yehudit said. "Sileas is going to want to talk to him."

"He will be welcome to take a seat and wait. I think Wulfsen would understand that she needs her rest."

"He doesn't know she's pregnant yet." Yehudit said.

"He'd best not. I meant that after being away from home and on the ocean for so long, and sick for so much of that, he would know she needs her rest."

''He'll want to see that she's okay for himself." Yehudit said.

Brie narrowed her gaze. "What exactly is going on? Why are you pressing his case so hard?"

"Nothing that you don't already know about." Yehudit said, then added casually. "Oh, I let Wulfsen know I'd hurt him if he hurt Sileas."

"You...you threatened a royal?" Brie said in disbelief. Even Lia had never done that.

"I didn't threaten him, I just let him know what I would do to him if he broke Sileas's heart." Yehudit thought about it for a minute. "You might think it was a threat but it really was purely informational."

Brie was skeptical. "You are starting to remind me of your mother at your age."

"What? It only seems fair to warn him first so if he breaks Sileas's heart he'll know what to expect." Yehudit said.

"You're just lucky you didn't get tossed in a cell."

"My parents wouldn't allow it." Yehudit said. "Besides, I think they're going to be killing some of those momzers and didn't want me seeing it."

"Good, glad to hear they'll be paying for their crimes."

"They'll probably let you watch..." Yehudit said.

"I've seen too much violence. I will place my faith in Wulfsen and Xavier to do what's necessary."

Yehudit was disappointed. "Wulfsen had a big axe. I think he was going to chop off their heads!"

"That is generally how executions are carried out."

"Sometimes they hang them, or burn them, or stone them, or crucify them." Yehudit said. "Or draw and quarter them."

"Sometimes, yes. Generally though,  it's an axe to the neck, like a chicken or turkey."

"Slaughtering chickens isn't very exciting..." Yehudit said.