The captured guard broke on the second night.
Logan found him in the lower chamber where Finnian had secured him, the man's earlier defiance finally crumbling after hours of careful, patient questioning that relied on reason rather than cruelty.
"Lady Miriam recruited me," the man said finally, his voice hollow with exhaustion. "Three months ago. She approached me privately, offered payment far beyond my normal wages, promised protection for my family should anything ever go wrong with the arrangement."
"What arrangement specifically?" Logan asked.
"Observation, mostly," the man admitted. "Reporting your movements, your conversations, anything useful to pass along. The attack three days ago was different. She grew desperate after the courtyard incident, insisted immediate action had be
