“They are not spurious.” Henri drained the last of the goblet, slamming it down on the table before glaring up at the duke. “And I couldn’t care one wit about where your family came, only that now it’s cursed my land. I’ve been keeping the griffons quiet, Karl,” he began. “So far, most of them haven’t made the connections, but I can’t keep quiet… I had to tell somegriffon.”