"I won't say I'm surprised, but it still baffles me." Ivan leaned back on his chair, a thin line creeping onto his forehead as his lips curled downward. He knew there was a seventy percent chance that Agathe couldn't have instigated her plans alone, she would need assistance in order to fool the royal family for this long but who could it be? If there was dark magic involved then Ivan only saw two options. Either she has bargained with the devil, or she has conjured some witch or whatever those creatures are to help her seal her facade. He had expected the worst but using Alistair to achieve her goals was just… and to her own son?
"Wait, you suspected her motive even before my wife told you?" Cassian inquired from Ivan who nodded stiffly, "why haven't you held her down?"
