"Someone is murdering your necromancers and their cavaliers, Lord," Abigail says, and reaches for the tea service to pour a cup for him. She places a ginger biscuit on the side of the saucer and serves it to him with perfect manners.

As she pours a second cup for herself, her brown eyes grow dark with sorrow. "I regret to inform you that Baron Isaac Tettares and Sir Jeannemary Chatur of the Fourth have likewise – violently – perished."