Kian's POV
"I tried," Caleb said, for the first time a flicker of uncertainty crossing his face, "I reached out to as many of the trails that I could find and followed them all as far back as they went and found nothing concrete. I called two of the elders on the council and asked for lunch but both of them sent their aides and refused to attend in person. These are elders that we already have a good, solid relationship with. I called the head of the civic board and he sent a statement through a staffer that said he's not actively involved in any private disputes currently. I called the bank manager you drank with last month and he said he was 'out of the office and I could send an email for him to look at when he got back. I wrote to the deputy at the permits office and he bounced it
