Vesna had retreated into her study. She had made quite some progress, the whole place had gone from incredible organised and tidy to a maze of books and scraps of paper with thread leading to different pieces, connecting the whole thing and making a web of lies and deceit involving all the council and the royal family. She had not discounting the Blood Knights but they were affiliated only to the king and after brief background checks she decided they would not act without his permission. So... who was it? They all had grey motives but which one did the deed. She sat crosslegged in the centre of the room and thought hard.

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As Garanth and Gron searched the castle, Gron decided to tentatively start conversation about what was going on between Ves and his Captain. garanth tended to tell gron everything which gave him some permissions to involve himself a little. He also decided to ignore Vesna's demand that he stay quiet about her involvement. "You and Ves, what is this going on? She says to me you're repulsed by her, doesn't sound like you so whats with the silence and trouble?"