Treading with caution

Philippa, who was yet to return to Winstol along with the councilman and Luthernc.scltox, sat in front of the magistrate table as they waited for the innkeeper's wife to arrive with respect to the invitation they sent.

"Why were you not in this office yesterday?" Louis queried the magistrate with a stern voice. And it irked him when the man only gave him a glance and a silent treatment. Gritting his teeth, Louis asked, "What is your reason for not informing the council about the case?"

The magistrate was a fine vampire with a neat cut, but he also seemed to be an arrogant one.

"With the loads of work that needed to be done, it must have slipped out." The magistrate said nonchalantly. Philippa, who heard this, glanced at him with an uninterested face, but he returned her stare with a toothy smile instead.

"Such incompetence." Hissed out Councilman Louis.