The first three unexplained murders in the city had happened near the guild. Those three had been written off as random homicides at first, but after the more organized string of kidnappings had begun taking place across the planet, the viscountess had reviewed those first few murders a second time.
The seemingly unconnected murders had all happened within days of each other, and within a two-mile radius of the guild’s local headquarters.
They were in stark contrast to the seemingly random disappearances; some of the victims went missing during explorations into the unknown or were taken from crowded cities. There was no rhyme or reason to the disappearances, except a general once-a-week pattern of three or four people going missing.
Matt looked up and asked, “What does this have to do
