"I wasn't sure the Mark would accept that."
"It's useful to be owed something after all, no?"
The trial of the century is ongoing. Extensively. Draggingly. Excruciatingly.
Unfortunately, there isn't much Rosemary can do to make it go faster. And there's only so far she can press 'doctor-patient' privilege when there's magic involved. Even when Kian owes her. Even when there's a receipt.
Of course, that doesn't mean others haven't been trying alternate ways to ... shorten the process.
The problem is when one of them succeeds.
The fourth book balancing light and dark in the magical mysteries of Broadsides.