Alfrahil rose early and requested a meeting with his father and Lord Mergin and was told to return in an hour. He breakfasted with Biramin at the Citadel guard"s headquarters. The mood was subdued; their officers were slain in the City"s streets, their rage and quiet fear displaced and unfocused. Alfrahil extended his senses, but all he received was what was evident on the faces of the guards. Still, having them publicly search out the assailant while guarding the Citadel gave them something to do while they waited for clues or suspects to appear.
Returning to the Citadel, Alfrahil asked that the meeting room be cleared of all functionaries, and all but Aradar remained to serve the King, his son, and Lord Mergin. Alfrahil extended his senses even in this rarefied company, as Mergin"s hatr
