For Arkády, the next several hours passed quickly. His immediate concern was the safety of the royal family. He dispatched trusted members of his own elite guard to oversee the security arrangements at the personal apartments of his parents, his brothers, and the Forellës. Messages were sent to Patriarch Avraäm and the chief officials of state to take all appropriate steps to protect themselves. When the prince was satisfied that he had done all that could be done for the moment, he summoned Archpriest Athanasios from the nearby Scholê. When the cleric arrived, Arkády asked him to take a seat opposite. “I know you’ve served as occasional private secretary for my father the king,” the prince said, “although I myself haven’t used you in this capacity before. However, I now have need of your services.” The prince gestured to his office table, awash in piles of documents. “I must have someone whom I can trust to help sift through the dozens of reports I’m been receiving about these outrages, and choose those important enough to bring to my further attention.
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