Cord moved quickly along the passage, all senses tuned to preventing someone finding him exposed in the corridors. He realised that it would become extremely difficult if he had to go much further into the palace. At any moment a servant could appear out of a bedroom or side passage, and that would create more problems than he wanted to deal with. He arrived at the first side-passage, and keeping his back to the wall quickly glanced around the corner. He was surprised to see the assassin strolling nonchalantly down the middle of the passage as if he had no care in the world. That was when Cord realised that there were no servants or guards about. And that could only mean that someone with a great deal of influence in the palace had organised it so that the assassin would be able to move freely in these apartments. But, with Cord now determined to prevent the assassination, that arrangement would be the downfall of the plan. Cord only had to avoid detection by the assassin. Making sure that the assassin was still looking the other way, Cord moved into the passage. The thick carpets helped him to be silent as he quickly sought to get as close as he could to the assassin.
It had been a strange evening so far, and Cord was sure that there was something brewing in the palace if an assassin could walk around in the royal apartments without fear.
Well, without fear currently. Cord would put some fear into him soon enough...
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