Elma POV
Julie shut the storage room door behind us and pressed her back against it like she was afraid it might open on its own.
"You're shaking," I said.
"So are you."
She wasn't wrong. My hands hadn't stopped trembling since I walked away from Camilla, and it had nothing to do with the cold.
"Who attacked him?" I asked. "Xander. Do you know?"
Julie shook her head. "Nobody's saying. The guards who found him aren't talking, and the ones asking questions right now aren't the kind you want to answer to."
"Derrick's men."
She flinched at the name, glancing at the door like it might have ears. "They've been going room to room since this morning. Anyone who works near the King's chambers is getting pulled aside. Two maids have already been questioned twice."
"About what?"
"About who
