A week of investigations, late nights and frustration passed. Then another few days were added on top. Surprisingly, nothing happened.
There were no new conspirators, secret organizations discovered or mysterious assassins appearing in the middle of the night. The investigation continued, of course.
Lilith's intelligence network remained active; homes were searched, records examined and witnesses questioned.
Several nobles and merchants directly tied to the councillor's operations had already been tried and executed for treason. Others were imprisoned awaiting judgment.
Even with that, the deeper the investigators dug, the more it felt as though the trail had simply ended like a rope that had been cut cleanly.
And every lead connected to the so-called Harbinger of Death eventually dissolved into old myths, forgotten cults, contradictory records, and dead ends.
