“There’s a good griffon. I’ve been talking to your king about all that and whatnot, and for some reason, he was under the impression I was furious with your actions.” He looked down at Handy. The enormous griffon had an inch on Handy standing on four legs and was one of the few people Handy had met who could actually do that, but that wasn't what made Handy uneasy. If Aleksander wasn’t pushing for Handy’s dismissal from court, who was? And why did Joachim think the high king wanted it too?