As the day wore on, Commander Qrir managed to carve out a moment from the chaos to pay a visit to Lady Irreek and the humans who held his hopes. This day, a tapestry of the bizarre, was woven with the enigma of two lifeless soldiers discovered the night before.
Sargent Akkes swore the commander attacked them after leaving the lady's quarters, but Qrir was able to dismantle that claim with ease, as he had many people willing to vouch for his presence at the time of the death of the two soldiers.
But it raised another problem. They had picked out the best readers to serve the queen, and the sergeant was convinced someone looking like the commander had attacked them.
Qrir had been certain that Akkes was lying, and that he had murdered them to vent his anger. But once the different readers all confirmed that Akkes' mind hid no lies, he was left with an open murder investigation, at the worst of times.
