Goods POV:
Jef began to speak. He was talking about how something was dragging him down in the water, which made sense why I couldn't pull him up myself. He described it as a black figure, well someone in black. All he said he had seen of them was their piercing blue eyes and a blond strand of hair. "Hey, I saw someone like that around the kingdom a few days ago!" an Ice citizen exclaimed. "Me too!" another chimed in. Who was this person? Why were people seeing them and why havent I, other royals, or guards seen them? Surely if they did, they'd bring it up, right?
"Guards, search the waters," I ordered, grabbing Jef's side as I pulled him up to stand beside me. I grabbed his hand, walking off to the palace, hoping for a report of finding whoever's been roaming the Woodland and attempting to murder Jef. I'd have them beheaded!
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A few hours later, I heard a knock on my bedroom door. "Come in," I say, putting the book I read to the side. Minx and Napsap, two guard friends of mine, entered. "Well?" "We didn't find anyone, sir," Napsap announced. "How?!" I exclaimed. "Not even a trace of who that 'black figure' Jef and citizens were talking about?" "Not a single hair, sir," Minx responded. "Darn it. Well, there's not much we can do now," I muttered, my head slightly lowered. "But!" My head jolted back up to look at the two guards. "If you hear anything more about this 'black figure' person, report it immediately to me and send a search. We cannot have a murderer roaming free around the Woodland!" They nodded.
Not even a week later, I got a report from Napsap about another sighting of the 'black figure' person. He explained that a Sugar kingdom citizen saw it crawling behind some bushes. "Send every citizen inside a building and lock all doors. Lock down the castles and start a search, now!" I instructed. The guard nodded, sprinting out of the room. As soon as I had heard about that 'black figure' person from Jef a few days ago, I had told the rest of the Woodland with an announcement to the Woodland. The rulers from the other kingdoms heard and we all had scheduled a meeting the next day. We decided on locking down the palaces and buildings and starting a search since of course we wouldn't want to put our citizens in danger by letting a murderer roam around!
I heard an alarm playing from the speakers inside the statue of me, Jef, Alex, Nikki, Jack, Ant, and Velvet. "All citizens, please make your way inside a building," said a voice from the speaker. Guards from each palace rushed out, the doors and windows to each palace being locked by servants. Bars fell over all of the windows and doors to each castle, two guards guarding each of the castle's front doors.
Guards strutted through the kingdoms in a march, breaking off into groups as they searched for the 'black figure' person. But all of this was a waste . . . they found no one.
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'~WARSICK: Behind The Mask~' Jefhalo Edition-Book 2
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