Truth from the Shadows

“From everything you have narrated so far,” he said slowly,

“It is clear that someone truly wanted you dead.”

Murmurs spread across the hall.

“The same individual responsible for staff employment,” he continued,

“is also in charge of logistics, transportation, vehicles, and provisions for missions.”

“So the poisoned wine, the rigged cars… all of it falls under the same authority.”

He paused, then added lying carefully,

“I cannot say whether this person hates you personally, or if he is merely cooperating with someone else who wishes to see you disposed of.”

Then he turned toward me.

“If you are thinking that person is me,” he said...