It meant that either Heena was being played by a third party, or the Empress herself was being manipulated. But Heena severely doubted the latter. In her long, blood-soaked experience across lifetimes, the people who sat on thrones looking perfectly innocent were always the most venomous snakes in the grass. She absolutely refused to gamble her shortened lifespan on the Empress's "innocence."
Heena looked at the Master, her eyes narrowing. "So? What do you know?"
The Master simply shrugged his broad shoulders, playing the fool one last time. "What can a lowly brothel servant like me possibly know about the Imperial Family?"
Heena leaned back, her patience officially exhausted.
