The whole spectacle was so smoothly orchestrated that Sunny was almost tempted to believe in it. Of course, he knew better.
The only thing he didn't know was whether the bits performed by the Pathfinder and Gemma were rehearsed in advance or improvised on the fly to fulfill their lord's desire to maintain appearances while having the man who had dared to speak openly against him publicly executed.
And that was what this was, an execution. Sunny didn't believe for a second that Gunlaug was going to give the brave hunter a chance to leave the grand hall alive. No, he wanted him dead, and he wanted everyone to see him die.
…Lest they get the idea that it was possible to run their mouths against him and escape unscathed.
