Third Person's POV
Germain said, "This way, Lance is completely off the hook. No matter what happens to the criminal, it's all under the special commissioner's call."
"You know who the special commissioner is? It's Dudley from the Royal Constabulary. Once he's done investigating and makes a call, there's no need to loop the Ministry of Justice back in."
"Even if it later comes out that she was poisoned, it won't touch Lance."
Plus, he didn't want to tangle with the Herburt family, who had a priestess, Tracy, in the royal court.
Most of the Herburt family had backgrounds in the judicial system. If this case were thoroughly investigated, it could easily trace back to him.
"Rome wasn't built in a day. I've waited years for this and can't afford to mess up now," Germain said.
"As long a
