My eyes widened at her words. If that was true, then it might explain his reaction to Alexander.
Now that I knew Alexander had contacts at the border—people he essentially bribed to allow him to carry on his work as the Ice King—it made sense that someone in charge of a large section of the border would recognize him and be wary of his presence.
I wondered if Carlos had known about Fiona and Alexander’s friendship when they met.
“What?” Fiona asked, drawing my attention back to her. “Did I say something wrong?”
“No,” I said quickly, shaking my head. “I’m just having trouble picturing Carlos in a position of authority like that. He seems like a pretty gentle person.”
“He is,” she said with a bright smile. “But I’m sure you know from Alexander how complicated powerful me
