*Silas*
I kept shaking my head, growling and panting as though I was in the throes of battle, and perhaps, I was. But my battle was an internal one, a violent attack against myself. How could I have been so blind? How could I have let someone be murdered under my watch?
What kind of leader was I if this could happen while I was head of the guard?
Aaron had tried consoling me, telling me there was no way I could have known. But wasn't there?
Never before had I felt like such a failure as I did when I saw that dead body. The mystery behind the death weighed just as heavily on me. I didn't know how anyone would have gotten inside the castle, let alone murdered someone.
It was just so bizarre. Even when the Council met later that day, no conclusions could be made other than the fact that
