112. The Best Mate

~ CASIMIR ~ 

I regarded my council of Advisors for a moment, considering my options. They were all far too important for me to wash their minds clean and risk taking parts of them or limiting their capacity, so I’d only used the compulsion to keep them still and silent. And unaware of my conversation with Khush. 

But now I spoke to them through the link we’d maintained, letting that thread thicken slightly to take a small, needle-like path into their minds.

‘You’ll remember nothing except that Khush was brought to me and we discussed the Reaping. I am unhappy with how he went about it, but pleased that he did not subvert me, only took the most efficient route to find the Queen.’