Karic managed to stay from Bella all of two days. He spent those two days looking into Gerald’s suspicions of Viscount Marbel. He spent hours stalking the man – in his room, around the castle grounds, even at the pub that he seemed to frequent more than he stayed at the castle. There was nothing that Karic could see that Viscount was planning to kill the Grand King. In fact, the Viscount seemed to favour the Grand King, but he couldn’t very well say it out loud because he feared King Stefan. Karic felt sorry for him. He was caught between a rock and a very hard place. But he wasn’t plotting anything.
Karic sighed as he stood at the edge of the dance floor. The first of the debut balls were beginning. The great hall of the castle was full to capacity as all the aristocrats moved about
