He comes here from the Fanthas border, where he was working with Cardinal Robere and Prince Alexander on new treaties with that neighboring country. Montmoore’s retinue arrived in the afternoon, and is settled into the Inquisitor’s Building. He is to present himself to Hugh and Duchess Marguerite tomorrow.Julianna thinks he’s the one pulling Gantry’s strings. If there is a conspiracy against the throne, it’s likely Montmoore at the center of it. Although now I realize everyone thinks it’s the exiled duke — Connor’s brother.Connor stole Orrin out of the castle this afternoon, and has yet to return. After midday a message came for Bishop Gantry from the Inquisitor’s Building, likely about Montmoore’s impending arrival. While he was gone, Connor took Orrin from his rooms.When Gantry came back from the Inquisitors, I sat in the chapel, listening with my mind and my ears. I expected rage, shouting. I expected him to call for the kirche guards, who were curiously absent from their posts in his hall.But instead I felt a spike of panic, abject terror, and he locked himself in his rooms.
