Because her views on Alex are always inspiring. This is probably the best I can manage with a canon Alex - attempting to make his canonical behavior fit with any rationale for his treason is, for me, surprisingly tricky, if I don't fall back on "because Roger's magic." *sigh* I tried, anyway. Take away the "Roger made him do it!" compulsion excuse, and either Alex was a scarily cunning ten-year-old, or he went off the rails a bit as he got older. (Why must Pierce always make her villains crazy?)
This isn't a nice fic, especially if you like Jon, the Old King, or Tortall and Tortallans in general.
Read: The Grim Gray Hills.
This isn't a nice fic, especially if you like Jon, the Old King, or Tortall and Tortallans in general.
Read: The Grim Gray Hills.