Yolohy
Maybe I am misunderstanding, but this chapter seems to imply that the prince thought eldrin and the other two were part of the conspiracy to rob the royal family. While it is true that they are members of the party (and one actually did the deed) the prince shouldn’t be aware of that. Elira was supposed to be appearing to work alone and be in disguise, so aranthor’s stance doesn’t make sense UNLESS his attitude is actually because he watched them stage the corpses of the elves