"Queen's woman," Grandmother said from the cell, "I must go to the Regent."

"She is beyond even your skill." Illandria pushed the sadness away. "She may even now be dead."

"Will you argue, or will you take me to her?" Grandmother pushed her cell door open. Illandria laughed at Sam's expression.  

"No door will hold the Rehego Grandmother if she doesn't will it." Grandmother walked out. "Bring the girl and come. This will not be safe much longer."

Sam opened Catrin's ...