Chapter 699

Lorna did not dare answer him.

"You wouldn't have succeeded anyway."

Tiberius let out a cold, humorless laugh, then fixed her with a hard stare beneath the dim lantern light inside the royal carriage.

"I may as well tell you the truth. Gideon's influence is already formidable, and it could grow far beyond what it is now if he chose to pursue it. When the fighting in the Northwestern Marches turned