Candace

“King Andri has refused my latest meeting request,” Kieran says.

Taner groans. Finn rolls his eyes. Ingrid cracks her knuckles and glares at the portrait of the king that hangs over the small sitting room they’ve been granted to use for their meetings.

I scratch a line through the bottom entry on our list of potential options, Run into him on the way somewhere else and try to get a commitment while he’s not paying much attention.

“Did he refuse it, ...