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Again, Eli seemed impressed with her suggestion. “Kit, these are all wonderful ideas. They’re definitely promising, and I think the citizens would rally behind the possibilities. I’m not sure we can do any of those things while your mother is still on the throne.” “No, I doubt we can. But what I don’t quite understand is, where are all of our resources going now? As much as the provinces pay in taxes, the castle should be lined with solid gold by now. I don’t know what she’s doing with all of it since she’s clearly not giving it back to the people in the form of public works.” Eli shook his head slightly. “I don’t know either, but I have a few suspicions. I do think she keeps some of it here, that there’s a vault somewhere within the castle where Rona hordes some of the finer jewels and other items she wants to keep. But... perhaps the reason Wrenbrook isn’t cast in solid gold is because she isn’t keeping it.” “She certainly isn’t building new roads or giving it back to the people in p