In one of the many rooms in Pellethia’s castle, Saxum was tied to a chair placed at the edge of the room, away from the table with three chairs, two of which were placed facing the third one. He would mind-link someone but the oleander and allicin cuffs weren’t allowing him to do that. 

Servants came to ask if he wanted water from time to time, and he declined every single time. He didn’t want to drink something that could contain poison.

The doors finally opened again, and Pellethia and Octavia walked in this time, bringing a man that Saxum didn’t see on the battlefield. Lucianne, Xandar, Christian and Greg...