"The boy died in a freak horse riding accident….. we still do not know how it all happened!"
Alarm bells immediately started to go off inside Alexander's head as soon as he heard Lady Inayah say this.
Given the kind of man, Mirzah was showing himself to be….
"The boy died just as talks of him replacing his eldest brother were starting to pick up steam?" He exclaimed with a clear penetrative tone to his voice, suspicion oozing out of his eyes.
However, none of the ladies seemed too bothered by the implication.
"...You do not need to talk in codes Alexander. We suspected something foul the moment it happened," Lady Inayah chimed quickly along with a knowing tone.
She might not understand what 'pick up steam' meant, as this phrase came with the advent of the steam engine, but it was easy to guess its meaning from context.
And thinking of the answer she had to give, quite displeased her.
