Several days had passed since our return, but I still hadn't found peace.
The Order of Shadows, whom I had entrusted with investigating the attack, had still not managed to find anything substantial.
No traces, no clues, not even a hint as to who might have dared to attack me right within the imperial reserve. It was as if these people had never existed.
This in itself seemed extremely strange to me.
I knew how skilled Serpens was — and how flawlessly he always carried out the tasks assigned to him. He managed to find those whom no one else could find and solve problems that seemed unsolvable. But now even he, with all his network of informants and connections, was powerless.
This fact haunted me. It could only mean one thing: those behind the attack had far more power and influence than I could have imagined.
And if even the Order of the Shadows couldn't track them down, then perhaps this was only the beginning of something much more serious.
