18 As the housekeeper escorted him to the library, Detective Jack Taylor wondered about the scene he'd seen. He'd heard before about Professor Bedwen's son, of course. After he wasn't able to find anything through the official channels, he had started collecting rumors. The rumors he heard were enough to tell him; this man was dangerous. Unlike Dana, who seemed to believe this man was just a harmless lawyer, he'd felt the danger that emanated from the man from the beginning. Her view seemed to be tainted by her first encounters with light arall, the sentimental fools that filled Ashford's student societies. Somehow, the fact that the Inquisition had been created and staffed mainly with light mages escaped her view. And this man had studied at the Inquisition College. To be a prosecutor.

