Chapter 143: _Tonight Is The Night
Everyone was silent after Marcellus’ words.
Once again, just like the murders committed before this one, it seemed like each step we took to unravel the mystery led to more confusion.
"Two culprits?" Kaelos repeated Marcellus’ words before he rubbed his forehead. "By the goddess, that means more work."
I furrowed my eyebrows as a thought crossed my mind. I tilted my head, squatting again to scrutinize the corpse.
"So do you guys think maybe the maid was threatened to drink the potion? Or was it forced down her throat by the killer?" I asked absentmindedly as I placed my right hand above her head.
I could feel Kaelos’ intense gaze on me and knew then that he knew what I was up to.
Before now, I didn’t have magic to help with investigations like this. But now I did.
’You do realize that you have to keep it a secret from the others, right?’ Sirena queried in my head, but I ignored her as I stared blankly at the body, trying to concentrate.
"My bet is on her getting threatened." Gamma Zane suddenly blurted in response to my last question.
"I can see it now. The culprit who raped her probably did so after finding the vial with her. Then he threatened her to drink it. Her body doesn’t seem disturbed or moved. He wanted us to see her."
As he kept on talking and painting a picture of what might’ve happened, I dimmed my eyes as I began picking up something. It was faint, but malevolent, like an imprint branded in her mind.