Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 164

Chapter 164: Empty graves (2)

When Lucas arrived, he found Xavier standing around the graveyard without any bodies in sight.

"Lord Blackthorn! You dug them up already. Where did you place them?" Lucas asked, looking around for the couple.

"They are gone and I can’t get a scent for them. It’s like they were never here and the caretaker can’t remember when last he saw someone coming around to ask about them. I’m trying to think," Xavier said.

Taking Selene to see her other family might help but Xavier started to think of her grandfather not wanting her to go there.

If they were to know Selene could heal, would they try to keep her there? They had every right to protect Selene and to keep their secret but Xavier wouldn’t allow it.

Selene shouldn’t be hidden away in some corner of the kingdom.

Lucas got down into the hole with the open coffin to try picking up a scent but he couldn’t find anything. "This is a time you should have a werewolf working for you but they’ll attack us and not listen. What do we do now?"

Xavier closed his eyes. "I am trying to think," he repeated.

It would be good for them if Selene’s grandfather was still a wanderer. He might be the most sensible person to reach out to.

"I want to search out for her grandfather. If you come across him, tell him that his granddaughter is looking for him urgently. If he’s asleep somewhere, wake him without speaking about what you know. I’m not certain how they will react to what she can do," said Xavier.

"There are some purebloods who are good at picking up scents. Normally, it is the faintest scent of blood but if they were stabbed and the blood leaked-"

"There’s not a trace of blood in either coffin. The coffins might have been switched which explains why I can’t pick up on a scent. It’ll be faster if we simply search for her grandfather. If he is not resting, a man whose daughter was set to be killed and his granddaughter is alone in this town cannot be far," Xavier assumed.

If Selene’s grandfather was well aware of all that happened and he was not the one who moved her parents or had been helping her recently, then he would join the list of people who needed to stay away from her.

"Shouldn’t the Harrisons know where to find her grandfather?" Lucas asked since many Harrisons lived around the town.

"Hearing how they acted when her parents died, if I go to her family I am going to kill all of them. Besides, I wouldn’t keep in touch with them after what happened. We’ll have to hunt him down ourselves," Xavier said, sticking to his plan.

He continued, "I want some men to head north to find any clues about where he could be and search the town for any trace of her family. When you are guarding Selene, keep an eye out for anyone suspicious or following you."

Xavier got out of the hole he made since it was time to head back to the estate. Knowing Selene, she wouldn’t be able to sit still until he returned home.

Seeing that Xavier was done, Lucas called the men he came with. "Cover the holes with dirt."

Xavier dusted off his clothes as he walked away from the graves. The sound of wood being hit over and over again reminded him of a problem he had forgotten about.

"Oh," Xavier turned around. "Take that fool out of the carriage and bring him along with you. He now works for the Blackthorn estate."