These chapters will be of varying length, some over 1000, some less than 100.
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It's less than twenty four hours before the first attempt is made on Logan's life. Elsbeth anticipated it, and has ordered the new Elite Soldiers to guard him with extra diligence. It has taken a direct order from her to the captain of that squad, since he was adamant that their job was to protect the current monarch, not the ex. Elsbeth doesn't care. She is more than capable of taking care of herself, and she did not make the decision to spare Logan's life lightly.
It's one of the servants, a maid whose little boy was killed in an industrial accident. She doesn't try to do it subtly; she just attacks him with a carving knife stolen from the kitchens. The guard are there, they stop it, Logan doesn't have a scratch on him.
Elsbeth doesn't see the attack, and the would-be assassin is more distraught than anything. She sends the woman home without charge, and with assurances that she will make sure what happened to her son never happens again.
The woman spits in her face, literally, asking with a snarl, "What good is that to me?"