172 Explain Yourself

Coral tightened her fists, her knuckles were turning white as her anger grew, "My daughter died by the hands of Vyrena Blackfire! She's a murderer!"

"What proof do you have? Did you witness it with your own eyes?" Carole roared in anger. 

The woman was speechless. She did not have the evidence. 

"No… but," 

"If you have no concrete proof, then shut up! I have seen how Vy and Lycster cared for her. Everyone in this town knows of the good that Vyrena had done."

As soon as Carole said that, some of the townsfolk rallied to her side. 

"But if she did not, then why did she run away? Why isn't she here right now? Or are you harbouring her here?" the Baron rebutted.

Carole hesitated, she knew how odd the circumstances were and there was too much hearsay to know which one was true and which one was false. The unanswered questions plagued her too. Where were Lycster and Vy? Were they truly as their letter had said, in the Alterra Sector?