Chapter 29: Violent Confrontation
They watched as Mumarch laid Sakura’s body down on the floor, closed her eyes, and arranged the necklace beside her. After picking up Karasu’s body, he vanished in the blue-white flash indicative of using a transportation gem. Moments later, the brothers stood in the grass near the castle, where they’d started, Sakura’s spirit nowhere to be seen.
With a sob, Kazuki fell to his knees, his sword forgotten at his side. His hands shook with targetless rage as he forced himself to put aside the images they’d just seen. He needed to stay calm and think rationally.
Now he knew what had bothered him about Yuji’s scent in the house. Where Yuji had been, the scent had been fresh, barely a day old, but the false scents Mumarch had laid were a mix of many ages, due
