I stared at the sentence for a long time.
Long enough for sunlight to crawl across the desk.
Long enough for my tea to go cold.
Long enough for my brain to stop functioning properly.
The poison was never meant for Karina.
Six words.
Six horrible words.
Because they raised approximately five hundred new questions.
And answered none of the old ones.
I read it again.
Then again.
Then once more because apparently I enjoyed suffering.
The words didn't change.
Which was rude.
The system appeared.
[User Has Been Reading The Same Sentence For Twelve Minutes.]
"I know."
[Recommendation: Continue Investigation.]
"I am investigating."
[Current Activity Resembles Staring.]
I hated this thing.
Deeply.
Personally.
The system vanished.
Coward.
I leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes.
Let's assume the note was true.
If Karina wasn't the intended target...
Then who was?
King Aldric?
That seemed obvious.
Almost too obvious.
