"I havent." Hw pointed out cand ive hadexactly 5 assasination attwmpts. Honostly, thats the msot ive ever had ever, most folk generally seem to like the current rulifn family in ny kingdom....except a few."

" the commoners like us. The nobles are simply divided between me and my oldest brother. "

""Same with us, exceot the other halfofthe nobles and a few of the commoners eith er want another guy that got dissed form the Council a few years baxck or a democracy. Or somethign like that. Its confusing."

" democracys don't exist. Besides, they wouldn't be any less corrupted than monarchies. "

"Maybe so, but to some nobles it's apparantly better." Calen shrugged. "And, well, everyone's got their own opinion and there's not too much you can do about someone with a stubborn mindd."

She scoffed quietly.

"So how do people you get close to get targeted anyways? Itd have to be a palace onsidee to know that and theres really no point in it....."

" I don't know. I ask my parents to do investigations on it, and they don't usually take long, but they always fall through. "

"Whoever it is hides their tracks well. Mine are always some mercenary, so I havne't had to do too much to fidn out who it is...Except ther'es a thing called paying your way out of stuff."

" I've tried! I've used every source ive had! Whoever it is must be good at covering their tracks, because the only other people who could do something like that is my parents! And they... probably wouldn't do something like that! "