How Nila, Kaelen, Iris, and Marcus came to know Gideon was the spy, when they called for the household meeting:

At exactly noon, fifty-two members of the household staff, including the kitchen omegas, the stable hands, the laundry servants, and the lower-tier guards, stood in fou rows across the wide stone floorboards.

Nila stood at the high dais at the front of the hall, her hands clasped lightly over the gray wool of her dress. Kaelen stood half a step behind her, his arms crossed over his chest, his face entirely unreadable. Marcus and Iris flanked the exit doors, their expressions neutral but their eyes scanning the rows of servants....