Maverick Peterson POVSeveral Days Later'You seem to be getting angrier these days. What's bothering you?''Pick one.'I could feel a migraine forming, and I massaged my forehead to get rid of it. The already heavy workload I had to deal with had reached unmanageable levels, but I couldn't rely on the same people from before to help me.With the servants and knights compromised or untrustworthy, I couldn't have any of them do their jobs until I checked them. I had gone through as many of the essential staff as I could, so the status quo would stay the same.However, there were simply too many to check, and many were found to be no good for the grand duchy. A huge chunk of people had to be removed, which left me with too few staff to help me run the grand duchy.Things would have been different if my brother had the ability to check for magic. Unfortunately, not only did he not have the skills, he couldn't understand what to look for when I tried to explain it to him.Willow and Diana
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