A/N: Alright, three chapters in three days. I couldn't stop myself. I had my one friend beta read my story and she really wanted the third chapter. The other chapters probably won't come as fast as these, I'm on break right now so that's why these have come up so quickly. Also, a few quick shout outs before getting onto the story. ThanksGhostkid33 for posting your review and NVCiel and Malachite237 for following the story! It's really encouraging knowing that people are interested in this story.
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The only way he would know that I'm working on the case would be if he was…. Watching me.
How could someone have watched me without me knowing? Without Sebastian knowing. One of my servants should've noticed that there was a person lurking around on the premises of my manor, but no one did. What if one of my servants, the ones I thought were so loyal, were the killer? No, that's ridiculous. None of them would be able to function with the guilt of senseless murder on their shoulders, that and all the murders happened during the day when I knew they were in the manor doing chores. A quiet tapping on the floor alerted me of someone else's presence in the room, but I was too shocked to turn around.
"Looks like our little criminal is challenging you personally at your best game. Think you'll win this one?" Alois' voice hung in the air, I could hear the smirk in his voice. He's enjoying this case, I can tell. Why wouldn't he though? Alois Trancy is anything but normal. Sadly though, I need him for this investigation. I'll need all my pawns to play this game of chess, and who knows how many pawns the other player has set up. Now it's just king against king as the timer ticks down.
"It seems you're right Alois. And I know I'll win, I've never lost a game of chess and I don't intend to lose this one either." I turned on my heel, facing my back to the writing. "I suggest you go to the Undertaker if you haven't already. If the queen wanted you on this case as well, then we're forced to work together. I would hope you take this case seriously, her majesty wants it solved immediately. We don't have time for you to just prance around laughing at corpses. Got it?"
He rolled his eyes, his smile falling into a tight frown. "Whatever you say, dog. I see her majesty enjoys keeping you on a tight leash. One day it's going to choke you from how tight she keeps it." He stepped further into the room, right in front of the smashed window. "You know, I wonder how long it'll be until one of us go next. He's obviously targeting nobles, and have you noticed he's been targeting the first child? This person is killing heirs."
"No actually, I didn't. It wasn't in the Scotland Yard's reports and I haven't had time to look into the families. What else do you know about this Trancy?" He shocked me for a second. So, this killer was targeting the heirs of families. That should mean it's someone with a grudge against the families, most likely a business person then.
He was kneeling down looking at all the broken glass, occasionally glancing around the room or at the window itself. He had picked up a few shards of glass before speaking. "Well from the few meetings I've had with the families, the victims were either the oldest or the only child. Adelise's brother had died early in the winter when they had first moved, so her father had planned to marry her off to a noble here and pass down his business and fortune onto his son-in-law. Joshua was approaching his coming of age and was planning on taking over his father's business in trade on the docks. And finally, our latest victim, Lord Angelo Carnol. He had finally come of age last summer and now seeing as it's already November, he had only been head of his father's sweets company for a few months before his demise." Towards the end his voice started to drop, he was getting distracted. His eyes narrowed as he started to stand, looking out the window. "Did you hear that?"
"I heard nothing. Maybe you heard that string of sanity in your head snap." He seemed to just brush my comment off with a small no as he approached the window. "What are you doing Trancy?"
"I heard something outside. I think someone's out there-" He leaned closer to the broken window before gasping and turning on his heel, practically sprinting over to me and tackling me to the ground with a scream of "Get down!" Before I could question what the hell was wrong with his I heard the sound of bullets embedding themselves into the wood of the walls and the gunshots ringing out from the woods. After the bullets had stopped, I finally got my sense together and pushed Trancy of from on top of me and sat up, making sure to stay under the level of the desk to avoid anymore risks. "You know when I asked how long it would be before we died? I didn't expect my answer to come so quickly." Alois was sitting up against the desk, his back pressed flat against it, a wide smile on his face. How could he be smiling right after we were almost killed? Truly, he must be insane.
Sebastian came running into the room, his eyes wide in what looked like confusion. He spotted us down on the floor before questioning it. "Someone's outside in the woods Sebastian, they shot at us through the window. Go check the premises thoroughly, hurry! Before they escape! They could be the killer!" I got up and tried to follow after him, but was stopped at the door.
"My lord, I know it's not my place to tell you what to do but as your butler, your safety is top priority. I strongly suggest you stay inside while I search for the gunmen to avoid further risk to your life." I frowned and barked at him to hurry up and catch the bastard. Before he had come back in though, Trancy had walked downstairs to join me in waiting.
"If that was the killer we're after, you can only wonder how far he's willing to go in killing us. I mean if that was him, then we know that he's willing to shoot us down when the Scotland Yard is in the next room over, so who knows what he'll do when we're alone." He glanced through the front windows with hesitation. I could feel the slight fear coming from him. To be honest, I was starting to share a some of that fear with him.
Sebastian had returned, but only to inform us that there was no one near the manor, and there were no signs of anyone having been there. "Sebastian that couldn't have been, Alois heard and saw someone right before we were shot at. Someone was definitely there." There was no way any human could have vanished that quickly. That can only mean one thing, our killer is supernatural. That's just what I needed, another demon after me.