Chapter 36

Four Pieces of Chess

"I see only five paintings here Dagrin. Four with names I don't understand. Four hidden and one open. What are you both trying to show us?"

"Do you play chess game Mistress?" He asked. "If you do you will see that the names are kinda related to a chess game" he added.

"I don't play games Dagrin. And you know that. Can you explain this to us? Or am I the only one that doesn't understand?"

"You're not alone in that Ali...,"

"Snipy" I corrected Ariana knowing what she wanted to say.

"Sorry, Snipy" she murmured and rolled her eyes.

"I'll soon pluck out your eyes" I whispered and chuckled. "Go on Dagrin. Explain the paintings to us."

"As you can see on the screen Mistress, the killer of our parents has four hidden subordinates he named after four pieces of a chess game. Which are the words you see under the four paintings; King, knight, Bishop, and Pawn."

"King from our search takes orders from knight but doesn't