"How did he take my daughter and none of you could stop him? Where were the guards?" The king's loud voice was booming through the courtroom where everyone was standing side by side, their heads hanging low.
"What about you Alec?" The King addressed his loyal general. "You had us assured that he was a trustworthy man. Where did he find the courage to enter my Palace and steal from me?"
Some of them who dared looking up found their King's face red with anger and hands gripping on to the handles of the throne.
A servant came forward and whispered something into the general's ear before stepping back to his place.
"The laboratory personnel are here, my Lord." The general informed the King, hesitation clear in his tone due to the previous scolding.
"Let them in." He allowed the visit with a slight nod of his crowned head.
