The maid hurried off as the soldiers kept rummaging around, a girl's scream coming from the bath as a soldier emerged quickly, resting his back to a door and coughing into a fist. From the distance across the room it was hard to say if he was blushing, but the guard seemed to be waiting at the door, guarding it.<br/><br/>The soldier sent to investigate the kitchen returned soon with a tray of unmarked jars with powders in them. "Could be just spices, but they were hidden behind several larger jars at a shelf, while there was space on the spice-rack." The soldier seemed a bit unsure of his find but still set them down there, moving back at the kitchen.<br/><br/>Leaning ahead, Lady Luna lifted a few small jars, opening them and sniffing.<strong>"Belladonna. Arsenic."</strong>Her tone was cold and without real emotion. She sometimes ran some alchemical experiments, but that was still a keen nose. Though when she leaned over to sniff them so and pick them up, her pose leaned ahead showed off her tight rear quite well. Toned and firm, the skirt not doing it justice.<br/><br/>The soldiers that had been sent to the study soon returned to the balcony, waving a few papers in their hands. One of them headed downstairs, while the other returned to the study. All the soldiers were busy, except the two sent at the lady's room that had been made to stay outside by the Maid at the time.<br/><br/>The maid was returning though, leaving the room with a young woman, a half-elven girl by the looks of it following quick on the woman's trail, while the soldier from the study paused before Gabriel to hold up a few letters, kept short. "These were enough to raise suspicion, sir." The soldier held them up.<br/><br/><em>"Expecting trouble. Julianos was discovered. Dead. Abandoning the plan of Midnight Queen. -C"</em><br/><br/><em>"Traitor among us, Cailyn, was giving information to Protectors. Left her with the crew of Black Sails. We need to meet, three days after the fool's dance. -C"</em>Fool's dance was a small event, an excuse to drink and be merry, and to get rowdy. That was three days ago, exactly.<br/><br/><em>"Wild rumors about a bastard heir? Whats your take on this? Sent two shadows to retrieve the bastard. Have not heard of them yet. -C"</em><br/><br/><em>"I have prepared our meeting at the usual place. Tell the man at the door Halflings laugh the loudest."</em><br/><br/>As the maid and the young woman approached, Sir Gabriel was given a full view of a rising bust of a fair-skinned woman, her lips rosy, her eyes hazelnut brown, and her hair golden blonde, she was a beauty that no doubt several men would seek to court. Her eyes showed confusion, and she wore a dress that looked hastily pulled on, her hair a bit messed, it seemed she had just been woken up in fact, though no lady should be resting at this hour if it was not a nap. She stared at Gabriel and Lady Luna confusedly, before speaking in a polite tone.<br/><br/>"I am Lady Shadecliff, Maria Shadecliff if you want my full name. How may I help you?" She looked at Gabriel a bit timidly, but smiled slightly. The maid in turn watched the two a bit back, the soldiers upstairs moving into the lady's room now that the maid and the lady had left it. At that time, the bath's door opened and another young woman left the room,<em>short</em>woman at that, barely three feet tall. Halfling or a gnome perhaps, with fiery red hair, and a towel wrapped tight around her, cheeks blushed and moving at the servants quarter. The soldier that had been watching the bathroom door moving inside the baths as the girl left.<br/><br/>"Is there a reason you are tearing apart my beloved home?" The half-elven girl asked warily before Gabriel.