"I did. She entered it and I came here. Those were my orders." He informed her.

"Of course, you'd be here when the last heir perished. It is only fitting." She jabbered. "What did you think of my late successor?"

"You were right to fear her." Kane replied. "She is strong."

"Is?" Rowena harrumphed. "If that stupid yank had done her job instead of biting her this wouldn't have escalated. In the end it is the same. No more heirs and I can sleep without nightmares."

Lady Talbot leaned back and closed her eyes. The weariness of over a century of plotting, planning, and killing. Now at last her task...