<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=83379.msg3717909#msg3717909">Quote from: DementedPixie on October 03, 2010, 12:14:31 pm</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Kathleen led Fritz to the drs office as fast as she could.  The town was silent most people were asleep. <br/><br/><br/>Douglas Maroon was sitting in his bed idling sleep.  When the knocking and hollering on his door came he rose and quickly making his way to the door he opened it and was pushed aside when Kathleen and a new comer came in holding who was that?  Jessup Malloy?  His heart stopped.  <br/><br/>He motioned for him to lay the man, who it was obvious to him was dead on the floor.   And with a grim line on his face as he looked deep into Kathleen’s eyes.  “I’m sorry for your lost. Tell me my dear where was he last?”  Kathleen closed here eyes knowing that if she spoke a single name all hell would break lose and with the witch hunter standing next to her she was so lost for words.  She wrung her hands around her and sobbed again.  Douglas laid his arms on her shoulder trying to comfort the lass.  “Where was he Kathy?”  <br/><br/>There was silence in the room as the thunder bellowed above.  Lightning striking in the sky.  She looked down to the ground and whispered.<br/><br/>“Cytherea’s cottage.  He had gone to bring her meat from the bull we killed this mourn. “<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>He took that information in quietly as he settled himself in some dark corner in the Doctor's room. With tensions as high as they've been this was definitely not good. He could all but hear the accusation in her voice,<em>The witch did it! she ensorceled him with her charms and dark magic so that she could use his god worshiping blood in her devil fornicating rituals.</em>He had to do his best to stop these rumors before they spread. He knew from experience that a spark like this could easily turn into a raging fire that would consume everyone in the village with blind hatred and fear.<br/><br/>"You said he was carrying meat. Maybe some wild animal attacked him on his way there. After all the meat was gone when we arrived"<br/><br/>The widow only shot him a tearstreaked glare, "good inspector" she said her voice tinged with steel, "Pray tell me what animal you know of that can stab a full grown man in his chest?!"<br/><br/>"Lady I know this must be a difficult time for you. My heart grieves with you, but we can't afford to make wild accusations that will lead us away from the trail of the real killer. Now I'll ask you again was there anything odd in the area? foot prints? disturbed patches of greenery? ripped cloth? a mysterious scent? anything? please?! Anything that will lead me to your husband's true murderer. If it was the witch then she will pay for her crimes, but if not then I am not willing to let a innocent person be a scape goat."