"Not the Academy Master himself?!" Tony asked.
"No, young master. Academy Master Da Vinci appears to be uninvolved. It's Rutherford who has the direct connection to the Imperial family. He processed the assignment personally and made sure it looked routine." Sunil met his eyes. "It was deliberate from the beginning."
Tony turned that over quietly. He had spent the last two days assuming the Academy Master was the axis the conspiracy rotated around. That assumption had been wrong, which meant his read of the situation needed adjusting.
"The academy factions," Tony said. "Give me the full picture."
