Dominic frowned. "Such a long-term servant? I can see that happening if they were actually a spy for a Noble House, or even another nation. But an embedded assassin that waited an entire decade for the trigger to attack? That doesn't sound right.
Could she have been turned later? Did she have any family that might be used against her? Perhaps a lover?"
Princess Alexis shook her head, but the maid nodded.
"Out with it." Alexis demanded.
"She has been sleeping with one of the Palace Gardeners for the last year or so. He was still at work yesterday, though." The Maid replied nervously.
"Well, that is somewhere to start. We will head for the Strategy Room soon, I'm just waiting for the painkillers to start working." Princess Alexis insisted.
"All of us?" The Maid squeaked.
Alexis patted her reassuringly. "No, you two can stay here and wait for the investigators. Don't clean or alter anything. They will want it exactly as it was when everything happened.
