Kan stepped forward in his blue ministerial robes, his hands cupped respectfully before him, but there was something strange in his eyes that immediately caught Damian's attention. The Kosak patriarch wasn't displaying the confidence he had shown when Damian first appointed him to investigate the assassination. His expression was controlled, but there was a heaviness behind it, as if the information he carried was not something he was particularly pleased to reveal. Damian's relaxed expression slowly faded as he studied him from the throne.
"Is there a problem?" Damian asked.
Rah glanced nervously toward Damian before looking back at her father. She knew exactly how much depended on this investigation.
Kor understood it even better.
