Thief of Scarlett

four

The prince drank his wine with a few gulps and filled his glass again drinking it again but the effects of the alcohol weren't moving fast enough. Again he drank and soon the bottle sitting on his desk was empty and still wasn't drunk. Tobias damned himself for building such a tolerance to the liquid in the first place. 

 Nothing new had come from anyone about the thief it was like she had vanished into thin air. Though reports of a woman fitting her description were seen a few days ago leaving an old run-down tavern with a man. The man was new but they were both smart enough not to be followed which made them harder to track. He cursed under his breath could this woman just not appear in front of him and this could all be over.

" easy Tobias you might pop a vein" he looked up to his guard Damien 

" if this bitch wouldn't make this so difficult then maybe not" 

Damien winced " do you have to be so cruel?" he asked taking a seat down on the sofa.

" well she has no turned herself in and is extremely difficult to pin down" 

" maybe you're looking in the wrong place"

" what do you mean?" Tobias rose a brow

" hiding in plain sight" 

Tobias leaned back in his chair maybe his friend was right They looking in every run-down building in the area and nothing came from it. They found nothing. Nothing. They just needed to find the right person and focus on them. This whole situation was a needle in a haystack and finding the needle was the top priority, no one broke into the palace and gets aways with it. especially when it came to their Late friend. 

" and how do we find them?" 

" the one person who doesn't belong or belongs here too much" 

" what about the Scarlett girl?" He asked 

" it could be possible since no one exactly knows what happened" Damien let out a sigh and he too leaned back in his chair. 

Since the whole ordeal started almost A week ago the Scarlett household fled to the palace steps and asked questions they didn't have the answers to. Every day the lady would come and ask for an update asking more questions about her lost daughter but nothing turned up. No trace was seen for the thief or Thane. The lord, however, seemed quite annoyed that his wife had dragged him from the coast to ask questions but he less didn't complain to his wife but did his best tried to convince her it was a false hope. 

Now with the situation dying low but still was a hot topic amongst courtiers, another problem sprung up and this one was too close for comfort. Brutal murders had sprung up in the wood just west of the palace, and this one sent men back on their knees throwing whatever they had in their stomachs. And it had happened to Tobias when they showed up to the site. The stench by itself was enough to make any man puke but Damien just stood there taking in the sight. 

Pieces of intestines hung low on the branches like paper lights hanging from the rooftops of the city. There was so much blood that it stained the grass, the dirt, and their boots. Dismembered limbs laid all over the clearing. The organs were laid down in a circle with the other parts forming shapes similar to a blood gate ritual. 

" anything?" Tobias asked covering his nose with his jacket

" The heart is missing but everything else is here" 

" any identification?"

" No" his gut twisted in more ways than one.

" How could anyone stomach this?" Damien shook his head and watched his friend get down to look at this dismembered arm.