As much as Lauren wanted to believe that it might not be the King, the burnt body's build and the tattoo on its chest were too similar to King Martin's. It couldn't be a simple coincidence.
But if was indeed her father, who did it? She was sure killing the King was the last thing Thalia would do.
Lauren joined Alec and the other councilmen in the royal laboratory. Doctor Bentley, the council doctor, came. He was the best at examining a dead person's body. And to check if it was really the King, he asked for a sample of Lauren's blood to check if they had heredity bonds.
"It's not a fake body," Doctor Bentley said after almost an hour of examining the body.
Lauren grew more serious. Although it was a farfetched thought, one of her assumptions was the King could be faking his death to get away with his crimes and would come back for revenge later on.
