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Ophelia's POV
Councillor Emery is dead? Ophelia thought. The shock broke her concentration and she appeared, just as Sophie and Shane turned around.
"Ophelia! You're a vanisher? That's great, but you shouldn't use that to eavesdrop!" Shane scolded her. Ophelia ducked her head in shame.
"If you do it again we'll push back the date when you get to pick a pet," Shane warned. Ophelia's eyes went wide. In the next week her parents promised her she could choose a pet, anything she wanted. She'd been dying to have one.
"O-okay…. I promise I won't do it again. Really! But what do you mean by Emery is dead…?" Ophelia asked. Sure Shane wasn't proud of how Ophelia had used her ability so far, but surely he would allow her to ask a question. Shane sighed. He nodded to Sophie who leapt away before explaining.
"Last night Councillor Derek found Emery dead in his tower. He seemed to have been murdered but we're not sure yet."
"Will any other people die?" Ophelia asked, worried.
"No, they're currently installing extra security in the towers and every other place in the Lost Cities," Shane promised. Ophelia wasn't convinced but she decided to let it go.
"Since I got a new ability does that mean I can switch my gardening class to Vanishing?" Ophelia asked, once again full of positivity. It was an act though, one few people would be able to see through. In reality her brain was ticking through the information and who might've done it and everything else. Ophelia didn't have a photographic memory, but her mind was certainly active. Not boring like other elves. Shane smiled down at his daughter, saying that he'd talk with the Principal later that day.
Ophelia practiced her vanishing all day. She still wasn't any good at it, sometimes she couldn't disappear, appear and sometimes she only half appeared. Her mom kept telling her though that the more she practiced, the better she'd be.
When her friend Rhea came over to her house, Ophelia decided to surprise her, waiting in front of the grand doors before appearing. Rhea jumped with a slight squeal before smiling at her friend, although she flung a snowball at Ophelia for revenge. They each laughed. Ophelia then remembered the real reason why she'd brought her friend over. She lead Rhea to her room and when she locked her door, she told her best friend about Councillor Emery.
"I heard my dad talking about it earlier today, to. He said though that he was…. Electrocuted to death," Rhea whispered, trembling slightly. Ophelia frowned. So whoever did it must have been a charger, but they wouldn't be able to single handedly break into the tower. The Charger must've had a friend, or a few friends….
As soon as her friend left, Ophelia ran the information by her parents. Shane and Tessa shared a look.
"It's…. Possible it was the Neverseen," Shane started out slowly. Ophelia frowned, remembering what her parents had told her earlier.
"I thought they were still in prison," Tessa murmured, mouthing Ophelia's thoughts. Shane sighed.
"I was going to tell you, but I never found the time. Three days ago there was someone who helped them escape…. For some reason they killed Gisela, Vespera and Gethen but Ruy, Umber and Trix escaped. There was no evidence of who did it, except a few dwarves were killed in the process," Shane reported. Tessa took a step back.
"The Neverseen are LOOSE? Why on EARTH didn't the GODDAMN Council tell us? We need to catch them before they kill anyone else, and find out exactly how dangerous they are now!" Tessa seemed close to panicking. Ophelia figured it brought back bad memories. Tessa pulled out her imparter before stepping out of the room to talk to someone. Shane ran a hand through his hair before going to make his own calls.
Ophelia sat there, letting the news sink in. Her parents had obviously taken it hard. She could see why, a bunch of killers, one of them being her dad's sister, is now running loose. Walking outside, Ophelia found a golden letter sitting on their front step. Even though she was supposed to show it to her parents, curiosity got the better of her so carefully she opened it.
In loving memory of our beloved Councillor, Emery, there will be a planting held in his honor tomorrow at two in the Wanderling Woods.
A funeral? It made sense. Ophelia had thought they would wait longer before breaking the news to everyone, though. Sealing the letter so it looked as though she hadn't read it, Ophelia brought it to her mother. Tessa thanked her before making what must've been her twentieth call in half an hour. Ophelia left her to start cracking on her homework. As she worked, though, she overheard her parents talking to each other downstairs. Something about a second death.
"It doesn't make any sense. Dex wouldn't do that," Tessa exclaimed.
"I don't think he would either, but there's evidence. Killed by some sort of gadget, a strand of strawberry blond hair was found as well. I can't think of anything else," Shane responded.
"Oh, poor Sophie…. She must be crushed! I should go see her. Maybe you can come? Tell Ophelia something she'll believe, she doesn't need to know that…. K-kee-keefe is…. D-de-dead," Tessa stuttered. Ophelia knew her mother almost never stuttered unless something was wrong. She heard a quiet knock on her bedroom door.
"Ophelia? Your mother and I are leaving to go see some friends, we'll be back this evening. Make yourself some supper, okay?" Shane's voice said through her door.
"Sure. Have fun, dad," Ophelia called back in her cheerful voice. It must've been pretty weird, like, have fun trying to console your heartbroken friend after the death and betrayal of a friend! But it was necessary to say in order for it to seem like she hadn't heard and it would be the normal Ophelia thing to say.
Ophelia had no plans of staying home, though. Her parents might not think of this, but Ophelia had met Dex before a few times and he was great. No way would Dex actually kill Keefe. There must be something behind it. And was it just her that thought the fact that two deaths happened very close together? Ophelia's mind was already ticking through multiple possibilities as to why, but she was sure of one thing: The Neverseen killed Dex. Now, she just needed proof.
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