Mastermind

Mariam got up sharply and faced the group. "We need to find my father." She announced and everyone looked at her in confusion. 

"But... Mariam..." Saadiya stammered, not knowing exactly how say what she wanted to say and pointed to the dead man on the floor. 

"This isn't my father. This isn't the King, it's his doppelganger." She cleared their confusion.

Omar looked on in bewilderment. "Doppelganger??" 

"You mean to tell us that this man lying dead here on the floor isn't the King?" Parvina asked still in surprise and bent down to get a closer look at the man. "But they look so much alike. It's a striking resemblance!"

"Hmm.." Mariam nodded. "He had always had one close to him and kept in a safe place, I guess it was for times like this. It's sad he had to die."

"But, why would he bring out his doppelganger, did he perhaps know?" Saadiya asked no one in particular.

"For my father to bring him out it only meant that he knew of the attack before it