"It's not about skills!" Ileus grimaced. "She is not going and that's it!"
Lila felt a pang of jealousy with that way Ileus showed his possessiveness over Anastasia. It was overwhelming and she willed herself to remain calm. On the inside her hatred for Anastasia grew several mounds higher. In order to entangle Ileus somehow, she said in a calm voice, almost to a pleading level, "A very large sum has been assigned from her treasury, Ileus."
