As the barons and their ladies made their way toward the High Table, choosing seats on either Ashlynn or Owian's side of the table, the Aleese family made their move.
Or rather, Baroness Peigi Aleese made her move.
Tybal had been steering toward Owain's side of the table, intending to join with Baron Rundel and Baron Leglau, who had echoed his neutral position, but Peigi's hand closed around his forearm with a grip that stopped him mid-stride.
"This side," she said quietly.
"Peigi," Tybal said, frowning as she pulled him toward Lady Ashlynn's side of the table. "What game are you playing?"
"Hugo is on this side," she said, looking more like a worried mother than the calculating noblewoman she was known to be. "I need to speak with him. Now. Before anything else happens."
