Chapter 38The next few weeks sped by in a blur. London sent an inspector from Scotland Yard along with several special constables to investigate what had happened. However, the villagers remained firm in their prepared replies.
An exotic traveller, having stopped to perform, had lost his snake, which killed the squire and triggered the rector’s fatal heart attack before it had been trapped and caged once more.
While he waited for the police to leave, Edison continued to work at the mine with Anand, while Bleddyn worked with Gavril or helped Mam Eira, not wanting to go anywhere near the mine again.
At Lady Seren’s instruction, the area of the mine that led to the beast’s lair had been sealed off by collapsing the tunnels, and no mention of the wyrm was ever to be made. Already the villag
