If Kaan had more time, he would have come up with a more polished plan. A true masterpiece of deception. At the very least, he could have found the perfect assassin—one who wouldn't make Riona raise an eyebrow.
Someone with a totally believable grudge against Eira's royal family. Someone whose entire existence screamed revenge-worthy villain and neatly tied up the fake vendetta Kaan had been crafting in his head.
There were the elders from the last war—except, well, Kaan had personally handled most of them. Whoops. Still, he could spin it as the last remaining elder loyalists seeking revenge. That would work.
The whole elder rebellion had been because of Riona and her whole Blood Moon child situation, so the motive was already pre-packaged.
The problem was that this little scheme required patience, meticulous planning, and not looking like an idiot if something went wrong. And time was a luxury Kaan no longer had.
