A week later at the cemetery Sarah had just finished giving her speech, the rest of the people who attended the funeralall stood up and began singing. Today was the funerals of both Selena and Brianna who were found murdered by the small river dividing eldermoore and cangnour, they were found naked and on top of each, the report said that they seemed to have been engaging in serial activities when they were suddenly murdered but in order not to slander their name Sarah made sure that information was kept confidential and just said that they were kidnapped and killed.
Surprisingly both Brianna and Selena had no family records, so only the Sarah and the servants of the manor attended their funeral. Ishmael was dressed in a black suit, his expression calm beside him Simon had an unreadable expression and young master Derrick's eyes were teary. The young boy did not understand why would anyone do that to the to nicest people he had ever met, his mother had her hand on his shoulder her gaze unfathomable.
The priest who was wearing a black suit with a black shirt and a clergy's tie, the preacher was of the Mesa race, dark skinned people. He was a handsome middle aged man with gray hairs and a neatly shave beard, with a lean body.
"And now dust will return to dust." The priest's strong commanding voice resounded and the choir behind him began humming, the two coffins were let down and many sobs resounded from the servants who were mostly close with the two women. Simon rolled his eyes and after everything was done they all left the cemetery, today Sarah had given the servants a day off so most of them did not return to the major.
Sarah, Derrick, and Ishmael left the cemetery with Simon who took them to the quaint café owned by Shaun Somerset. Upon arrival they all got into the café, the café which was usually filled with people was currently empty all the chairs were upside-down on top of the tables, it seems like they were closed but why did the sign at the door say open?
"Mr Rice, are you currently closed?" Ishmael called out, Mr Rice was the one who ran the café in Shaun's absence, waiting a few moments no reply came. Sarah suggested they leave but both Simon and Ishmael caught the feint sound of sobbing and by looking carefully, on the far corner of the café huddled up on the ground was Augusta.
Ishmael only stared at the girl but did not react instead Sarah was the one who went to her with quick steps "Augusta dear,what's wrong? Did something happen to Shaun?" Sarah knelt beside her not caring about get her dress dirty, Augusta raised her head and Sarah could see the pain in her teary eyes. Shaking her head Augusta suddenly hugged Sarah and cried out loud, Ishmael was now shocked and worried albeit a bit he never expected this kind of reaction from the nonchalant and mysterious Augusta.
While the three were observing Sarah and Augusta the door to the café opened and Shaun stepped in hurriedly, upon seeing the three males and recognizing who they were he released a sigh, his sister had to be here.
Walking forwad and standing next to the Ishmael , the butler Shaun briefly nodded before his eyes fell to his little sister who was in the embrace of lady Sarah. The boys waited for a while and when Augusta had finally calmed down they took down the chairs from a particular table and sat down, Sarah and the boys were waiting for either Shaun or Augusta to start explaining what was going on.
Seeing his sister's current situation Shaun decided to be the one to explain; "I'm pretty positive you guys are wondering what is happening right? Well where do I start?" Shaun paused still trying to gather his thoughts but a calm voice spoke
"You may start by telling is why is she crying." It was the quiet butler who had spoken, searching in the butler's eyes Shaun could not find even a glimpse of an emotion in his eyes
"Augusta is going to be married off to the son of a business man called Davin Dotmon, Mr Dotmon is on the rise and his businesses are progressing well currently pur family's power has been dwindling, ever since my mother died father has not been paying our businesses any attention so he did not notice that some of the people he wss working with were stealing from him and by the time father noticed our family's rapid decline it was already to late as more than 60 percent of our family's assets were now under the Dotmon family." Sarah frowned at the mentioning of Davin Dotmon, she hated the man because if it wasn't for him Derrick's father would have still been alive and enjoying the luxury life she and her son were now living.
Her husband went out one day to meet with his boss, Mr Dotmon and he never returned. When she went to report the case to the officials they told her that her husband was last seen heading put of the city an into the wilderness alone, so the chances that he is dead were high. She went to brookside where the Dotmon family was based in moonridge but she never got to meet Davin up until the day her cousins took her to meet him,Sarah had met up with him to discuss business but she ended up addressing the issue regarding her husband's disappearance. Dotmon denied having met up with her husband and he even swore on his life, seeing that the conversation yielded no results Sarah dropped it.
But now that she was hearing his name again Sarah had to admit that Mr Dotmon was slowly becoming more and more problematic, he had to be dealt with before he becomes too dangerous.
Augusta had stopped crying and she was now looking at Ishmael or atleadt that's what everyone else thought. Ishmael's gaze was on her brother the entire time
"I have heard of Mr Dotmon and I can assure you that you will lose everything if you are not careful enough, I believe he needs to be dealt with permanently. " It was Ishmael who spoke, he too had his own grievances with Davin but his were not serious enough for him to take action instead it was because of his own guilty conscious. He wasn't sure that Judith had died but fear still gnawed at his heart, if she really is dead then that means it was his fault she died.
"How do I even do that, I'm just a musician, renowned yes, but still a musician plus currently if the assassination happens now it would be clear who did it."Shaun answered unhurried, Ishmael shook his head
"Who said anything about assassination? I believe I can help you with this task, that's if milady agrees to it."He spoke looking at Sarah this time, she nodded believing that Ishmael can help her avenge her first love.
"Right, now the plan is simple, lady Augusta you just have to act like you are willing and you master shaun-" Shaun interjected
"Call me Shaun." Ishmael nodded resuming; " and you Shaun, you have to act like you do not support this at all. And I will take care of the rest, and from you milady I need a few weeks off." Ishmael spoke and surprisingly Simon also added "in that case I will also need a few weeks off, let Herman and Antonio cover for us while we gone."
Ishmael smiled a bit, he had a plan that needed infiltration and he could now bring his old skills to use, [ Commander belling reporting for duty.]
Later that night Simon was happily packing his things when all of a sudden the lights in his room went off, sighing in the darkness he stopped what he was doing and closed his eyes
"Why do you hide yourself George?" Simon asked without any hint of emotion evident in his tone,
"Right now, I can't be seen master, I have reached a crucial point in my ascension." A gentle voice akin to that of a teenage boy resounded beside him, for a moment there was silence until Simon asked
"Then why are you here?" He asked turning too look at where the voice had came from beside him
"The number of the Blighted is increasing and so is their strength, recently a a new spawn emerged and it had unreadable spiritual pressure,the elders have named it Dream devourer, due to its ability to cause all enemies in 20km radius to fall asleep and conquer them via nightmares only elder Han was able to break free from devourer's domain and escape but at the cost of his right arm." Even though Simon's face was hidden in the darkness his anger seemed to radiate out of his being, a small wind kicked up surrounding him
"The Blighted continue getting stronger while we humans have only just now grasped the true meaning of spiritual essence. Tell the elders I cannot leave my post just yet, I believe I have found our salvation." Simon's anger ceased and he spoke with a calm tone.
"Master, are you sure?"George's voice was one of excitement, Simon responded with a low "mmh". The lights came on but there was only Simon in the room
"I will share the good news master." George's voice lingered after he left, Simon stared at the wall blankly before smiling and resuming to pack his clothes.