Primrose blinked in surprise. "I left them at the sugar factory for another reason as well," he continued calmly. "The Count of Veloria is dead. Until we have a clear plan, we must protect ourselves. We cannot allow King Averon to turn Father or me into scapegoats for his death."
"Oh… that makes sense," Primrose said at last, finally stopping herself from feeling guilty. "But if you sealed the sugar factory with magic… won't the servants at the Count's residence grow suspicious?" she asked. "They may come to investigate."
"I've also placed the people in the Count's residence under confinement," Edmund said. "His wife, his children… all of them, but I did not harm them."
He emphasized those last words because he did not want his wife to see him as a monster.
