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Then she thought about it for a moment and as Lord Justice, all the Dominicus Procurators answered to him even the Queen's Dominicus Procurator. So maybe he was entitled to act superior. Alessandria gave a quick laugh at the silly thought.
Whilst Alessandria didn't mind the temperature of the office, she thought it was odd the office was so warm, warm enough she felt a drop of sweat down her back. Especially, since the wind of the ocean made summer nights pretty cold. Alessandria dismissed the train of thought as the Lord Justice came to meet her.
His old well-aged features smiled as he looked at Alessandria's youthful face. She returned the smile if not unsure about the reason for his smile. Nemesio thankfully came over to stand next to her.
The Lord Justice asked in a posh, elegantly almost lyrical voice “What do I own this unexpected pleasure, Lady Fireheart? It is a rare privilege to be graced by someone as legendary as you,”
“I did not know I was so legendary in the annuals of the procurators,”
“Lady Fireheart, you underestimate yourself. Few Procurators in our thousand-year history has taken down a Noble House,”
“You humble me, Lord Justice but I am not here for a social call,”
“That is a grand shame, my Lady. I would have appreciated the chance to pick such a fine and mighty brain,”
Alessandria wanted to take a step away from him, but she needed his help, unfortunately.
“Lord Justice, there is a prisoner awaiting to be tried for murder, drug possession and thievery in the Queen’s Cells,”
“There are many such prisoners, my Lady. I politely request a name,”
“Danic Serpentine,”
The Lord Justice paused for a moment, his face allowing a puzzled expression to break his elegant, aged face. Before a gentle warming smile formed.
“My Lady, why do you want him?”
“I am requesting you to drop the charges,”
Alessandria looked at him. Her eyes narrowing as the Lord Justice fought to contain his laughter.
“My Lady Fireheart, even if I could release him, I would not. He is a criminal and a member of the Serpent Gang. Merely because he does not operate on Fireheart land does not mean he should go free,”
Nemesio stepped forward. His eyes narrowing on the Lord Justice.
“You said if you could release him. You are the Lord Justice. You can release everyone unless the Queen overrules you. If that is your concern, we promise you the Queen will not overrule you,”
“Noble friend, I appreciate that, but the Queen is not my concern in this regard, but the Serpentine is dead. Murdered by a man in a black cloak two hours ago. We killed the man on site,”
Nemesio grabbed Alessandria’s arm and pulled her aside.
“They must have known we needed him,” he whispered.
“No one knew. Daniel and Hellen wouldn’t have told anyone,”
“In all fairness, it’s a good guess we were being monitored. The mastermind would know we went to see the Serpent Gang. It’s probable her grandson is what she would bargain for,”
“Nemesio, what now?”
Nemesio stopped and shook his head.
Alessandria completely agreed. This was the one shot they had at finding the person who hired the assassins. Maybe the fact that these assassins killed her Grandson might shake her tongue loose, but Alessandria doubted it. Criminals didn’t normally work like that. Sure she might find the mastermind’s body in a few days, but she wanted to do this right.
“We need to go to Harrison’s and regroup. Hopefully, Daniel and Hellen found something,” Alessandria explained.
“Agreed,”
A body fell to the floor.
