The questioning

Damon was in charge of leading the investigation the next morning. But with one look at him, anyone could tell that something was wrong with him. He wasn't his usual stoic self, who was always angry. During this period, it seemed like his ego had taken several hits, and now he looked like he'd rather be anywhere else than in this place. 

Harold was also in the meeting, but he didn't involve himself in anything that happened there. He let the others handle it because he trusted that Alicia didn't have a hand in it so they were going to draw out the culprit somehow. 

"We received information that just before the banquet night, the queen left the palace alone with a guard," Damon informed the others, his voice no longer as loud as it used to be.