Later Kaika is told that it was actually the king who gave her the task and the general had nothing to do with it. So she begged the king to help her get rid of that troubled life. The king gave her a mission instead of this job and soon she realizes that the mission was actually quite tough to handle. Caitlin Davies narrates how the paths of the king and his General collide with the path of Kaika and in the end, we observe that all three of them are actually depending on each other.
Patterns in the Dark and The Blade’s Memory come with surprises of the same kind so don’t underestimate any of these books. The action and suspense will never end as long as the story is continuing. You don’t have to look quite deep as a listener because the author has explained everything quite well.