Diarmad sat at his desk, pretending to review some council papers while he waited. The day they would perform the loyalty tests on his closest employees had come. Ronan had notified Keith and Lionel early in the morning. As he had expected, they understood the imperative need for the ancient ritual, and instantly agreed to meet their king and his chief of security at Diarmad’s study at eleven o’clock.
Since Misa’s attack, Diarmad had taken to working in his office with the door wide open, re