Chapter 34: ThwartedLorenz arrived at the crime scene seconds after the Guardian of the Realm and her Troopers. Just why Jolene had decided to join the hunt puzzled him. She could devise all sorts of schemes and knew the history of this planet and its metals and resources better than others, but tracking down a killer was not something she had ever dealt with before. He hoped it would occur to her that this killer might be as clever and ruthless as she was.
When he stepped out of his fliv the Guardian of the Army, Captain Pillar, greeted him. “My Laird, it tis good to see ye.” Pillar gave the Thalian greeting.
Lorenz gritted his teeth, but realized he would have to greet Jolene the same way. The politeness of Thalian Houses always annoyed him as damned unnecessary. What was wrong with he
