"She wasn't related to it, if that's what you mean," Henry assured softly, shaking his head. Seondeok kept Henry in the know, and he knew what had happened to Niall, but in a cautionary these men would have killed you in that hole sort of way. In a I would have let them, to protect my investments sort of way. Seondeok loved him, but it was a strange love.
"Niall was...not universally liked, in the trade," Henry said. "He once sold my mother something that he'd also offered to three other people, and when they found out--that's how I was kidnapped. But that was just business."
Henry shrugged a little. "Seondeok wasn't expecting Niall's death. No one was, particularly, I think. It just--happened. And then Declan took over purveying, which was suitable for my mother, because I could make exchanges for her at school if I needed to."
He was quiet a moment and then, softly, urgently, said to Blue, "Don't tell Ronan that. I didn't tell him. I don't think he knows about Declan...?"
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Date: 2016-07-29 05:46 pm (UTC)"Niall was...not universally liked, in the trade," Henry said. "He once sold my mother something that he'd also offered to three other people, and when they found out--that's how I was kidnapped. But that was just business."
Henry shrugged a little. "Seondeok wasn't expecting Niall's death. No one was, particularly, I think. It just--happened. And then Declan took over purveying, which was suitable for my mother, because I could make exchanges for her at school if I needed to."
He was quiet a moment and then, softly, urgently, said to Blue, "Don't tell Ronan that. I didn't tell him. I don't think he knows about Declan...?"