"Name him," Logan demanded, turning back to Ephraim directly. "You said Garrick did not act alone. If someone else ordered this, someone with greater reach than a single lord's modest resources, I want the name spoken clearly before this entire court."
Ephraim hesitated, his eyes flicking nervously between Logan and Garrick, clearly weighing the danger of speaking further against the danger of remaining silent now that so much had already been exposed.
"I never met the man directly," Ephraim said carefully. "All instructions came through intermediaries, sealed documents delivered quietly, payment arranged through channels designed specifically to obscure the true source."
"That is convenient," Elena said sharply.
"It is the truth," Ephraim insisted. "I am a warlord managing border terr
