In this chapter, the wolf and the sheep talk about how they've "barbed" themselves together. They're both afraid that if they get too close to each other, they'll get into trouble. The wolf says that he planned to kill the sheep king, but he wasn't expecting to be tricked by the queen. The queen says that she's here to assassinate the king, and the wolf doesn't know who sent her to kill him. The two argue about who sent the king to kill them, and then the queen asks why they're meeting with robbers and assassins after they leave the palace. The king says that the person who sent him had been following them for a while, and that's why he chose to share the room with the wolf. He's disappointed that they didn't kill him sooner, but the queen says