Everyone understood the implications of what was being said.
To reiterate: the Von Heim family was powerful and ancient, so much so, that many of its own members were unable to tell just how deep its influence truly went. A strange situation, no doubt, but also a frightening one.
It was precisely because of this reputation that a regular report to the Jade Tower—one based only on deductions and witnesses with no concrete evidence—would never have enough weight to mobilise the enforcers.
Such a thing would be dismissed outright.
Before it could ever be taken seriously, the person making such a report must equally have a reputation that could not be ignored.
And that person, that elusive figure, was the fresh trail Selaphiel hoped to seize.
The captain of the group, however, knew that he could not simply reveal the names of his informants. To do so would risk civil unrest in the kingdom. It could even lead to a whole war.
