11

"How do you know she is dead? Did you

kill her?" Delion asked in a cold whisper

as his dagger dug in Jingo's neck, not

enough to kill him but enough to make

him heat the cold Iron up with his blood.

"William told me!" Jingo hollered as

sweat broke over his forehead even in

this freezing november. Chief Ambers

grabbed Delion by the shoulder and

demands, "I feel like he is ready to talk,

give him some space"What did William

tell you, explain everything to the last

detail." Delion demanded as he kept

the dagger firm on his hand. Jingo held

his neck with one hand, ripped part of

his clothing with the other and tried

to tame the wound. In the meanwhile,

he clumsily spoke. "He asked me to

hold this information as a grave secret

but there are people dying so I have

to break my promise to old William."

The two people in front of Jingo didn't

reply, with aims to let him speak but

it's noticeable on their faces how much

they are containing rage for the sake

of getting more information. So Jingo

chirped. "He didn't tell me how Selia

died, but William was dead sure that this

woman was after him. I'm still confused,

because if Sella is dead then how did

she go after him? Spirits and ghosts

are just a jokel. Delion gave out a sigh,

demanding. "Stick to what's important."

"Selia is after a handful of people in this

village, my guess is that old William

and all these victims had something to

do with her death. William was damn

sure that Selia will kill everyone, as if

she was some overpowered god." Odd

choices of words, considering that Jingo

doesn't seem to favour anything that's

not human. But adding what raised

other thoughts, concerns and primarily

puzzles. Jingo gave in his last portion of

Information regarding this case. "Old

William knew that Selia will kill him

so he wanted to take drastic measures,

deciding about suicide. Although I

didn't know that crazy *** would have

dropped from Jack's peek." "Your story

has a few holes in it, how do know that

you didn't push William from Jack's

peek?" Furthermore, Delion rushed in

mentioning a name Jingo could probably

merge into some random story. "Why

would I push William from Jack's peek?

I would have no benefit from it because

he didn't bring me any trouble." Jingo

pointed out the obvious, trying to push

suspicion off himself. Isolating Jingo's

choices, Delion chipped in. "How did

you know he jumped from Jack's peek

If you didn't know he would jump

from it to begin with?" "I tried to stop

him from jumping, I arrived too late."

A smart answer, at least Jingo here

wouldn't dig himself in more trouble.

"Well, William's body has been carried

and thrown in the river. I know you

couldn't have done that and I know

Selia would have no reason to do it

if William committed suicide. So my

guess Is your story has been made up

here. Possibilities considered, Delion is

thinking this situation through a little bit

longer, trying to make a proper decision

about Jingo. So Delion finally declares,

"Jingo, you are under arrest as the prime

suspect of William's death. You will be

locked here in shackles until I can figure

out what the hell happened." "This is

bull! You are wasting my time and

yours as well. I told everything William

told me, what else do you want?!" Jingo

is obviously not a fan of this decision, but

hey at least he isn't being slaughtered or

publicly shamed without the entire truth

being discovered. Overall, this situation

makes no sense. It makes no sense, but at

least now they've got a lead and I'm not

talking about Jingo being put in shackles.

With the name 'Selia' in their minds, they

can ask the families of each victim if this

name rings a bell. Because if William

actually expected Selia to kill him, but

poorly explained everything, then

Delion could be uncovering something

huge here. If not related to the present

dilemma, he would at least puzzle out a

murder that could have happened years

ago. Why else would two of the victims

be scared of their past biting them on

the ***? They will ask the families about

this name tomorrow as for tonight

Dellon has something else in mind

Don't get him wrong, one lead and one

prime suspect is good, they at least have

something in their hands compared to a

few days earlier when they had no lead

whatsoever. But do you know what's

better? Developing two leads! Delion

finds it as the best solution to host a stake

out tonight, so he and chief Ambers can

get a better grasp of who lurks around

in this village while everyone else is

asleep. If they actually spot a person

walking around at 3am for example, it's

almost absolutely certain that person

is up to no good. There have been

multiple reports of murders with little

time in between them, only a complete

moron would go out for fun. Chasing a

murderer can be dangerous, but Ambers

is huge and strong while Delion isn't

such a weakling either. The biggest

risk these two can take now is to wait

for more deaths to follow, that would

be far more dangerous than chasing a

murderer as the village depends on them

for protection. Midnight broke barely

an hour ago, now throughout the shade

of darkness Delion and Chief Ambers

are trying to see if there is any human

commotion going on in this town. This is

tough work, they can barely see anything

and the november cold is punishing

enough. Worse for Dellon though, he has

been walking around since the break

of dawn yet he can't sleep. To make this

night more tiring but at the same time

interesting, a shout echoed across the

nearby houses. "Help, my mother isn't

breathing!"

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