Hill sighed silently.
Old School Striking King probably knew about Edna's father's money too. The girl must have mentioned it to her; otherwise, she wouldn't have marched up to Laira while Laira was negotiating with the Mirabar Dwarves and started talking to her.
She had wanted to see what Shalor, who had kept out of sight all this time, would do. Clearly, before William invited Edna and Elvia to the Alchemy Hall, Hill had already told Laira where Edna was going.
Shalor couldn't have been unaware that Edna would leave Luskan. She must even have agreed to it.
She was Edna's birth mother. Of course, a twelve-year-old girl needed her consent to leave home.
None of the Undead believed Hill could have overlooked something so important.
But if Shalor had intended to give Edna her ex-husband's money, she would have appeared long ago. Instead, she had spent all this time following Laira everywhere, even when there was no need for her to be there. And she had no idea William would pay Edna a salary.
Hill's thoughts took a strange turn: were Shalor and her husband divorced?
Silver Moon City's great nobles swore their wedding vows before Mystra or Selûne. Edna's father, with all his secrets, probably wouldn't have dared kneel before a statue of Midnight. They must have gone to the Silver Moon Temple instead.
Never mind. Hill shook his head. He was overthinking it.
On Toril, a marriage was more or less dissolved once the couple went their separate ways. No formalities were needed.
Leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window, Hill watched events unfold across the island. The Undead Priests seemed drawn in too. Old School Striking King held considerable standing among them, and most divine casters knew her.
After all, she was a remarkable woman who could beat