““It surprises me, the friends the Council is finding,” Oll said. Giddon propped himself up onto his elbow. “Did you expect it, Katsa? Did you think your Council would spread as it has?” What had she expected when she’d started the Council? She’d imagined herself, alone, sneaking through passageways and around corners, an invisible force working against the mindlessness of the kings. “I never even imagined it spreading beyond me.” “And now we have friends in almost every kingdom,””
