"What a shame. I was hoping the Gale Knight would stay with our family a while longer."
"Your eldest brother will be staying for the time being, so you won't be lonely, sister-in-law."
"That's the most dreadful part of it, brother-in-law."
Hmm, I'd meant that as a comfort, but Margareta's expression turned venomous. Margareta hated how her older brothers still treated her like a child. From where I stood, her reaction looked more like sulking.
Michael seemed to enjoy getting that kind of reaction out of her. Even if she was the head of Radensdorf's new political power, a little sister was still a little sister, apparently. In any case, I owed her.
She lent my men and me an entire annex, assigned retainers to us, and helped in all sorts of ways. Knowing how busy I was, she even handled the ransom negotiations on my behalf and briefed me on Radensdorf's inner workings.
