Chapter 427 - War (1/2)

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”The river starts here,” Edward finally began what would soon become a lengthy conversation.

His index finger landed on the beginning of the line he had drawn himself. ”It runs across this terrain, through the Gu hi forest—” as he spoke, Edward's fingers moved along with the landmarks until it reached the point at which the river branches off. ”—and it ends here.”

Viktor nodded once. Edward still hadn't answered the question that was on his mind.

”The river is called Jan xi by the natives and it is one of the longest rivers here in this city.”

By reason of the three years he'd spent taking a geography course in high school, Viktor knew precisely what Edward was going on about and he was beginning to realise why they were discussing the river Jan xi at all.

”It was at this point—” Edward's finger moved back down to somewhere close to the beginning of the red line, ”—Amy was shot and fell into the tides.”

According to his research, the river tides were known to be high by that time of the year and so he believed that the turbulence had washed Amy's body somewhere along the course of the river. It was this Edward explained to Viktor.

”Now, I know it's been a while and anything could have happened by now, but I need Amy's body found,” he revealed calmly. ”I want every nook and cranny and whatever side this river has to be searched until Amy's found.

Go into the surrounding villages, dig the sand beneath the river if you have to; Amy must be found!”

Viktor nodded his understanding. He had been expecting this. After their initial weeks of searching that had turned up nothing, he hadn't believed his boss would let the missing body go just like that and since he found out the group behind the issue, Edward had been spending a lot of time staring at nothing while he ruminated in his head. Viktor had definitely been expecting something like this.

”Now, the last time we looked, there was no direction, no path to our search. We are going to do it differently this time,” Edward cautioned.

”Is that why we are setting up two teams?”

”No. I'll get to that part soon. It's only one of those two teams that will be involved in the search.”

The guard nodded firmly.

”I want the team to split into groups so they cover a wide search area. If I cannot have my woman back alive, I must bury her body.”

”Yes sir, I understand.”

There was a short pause before he spoke again, ”And I must avenge her too.”

Edward rose from his chair and went back to the window. The woman with the ginger red hair he'd been watching before was still there, but now she had been joined by someone else— a man, in a navy blue suit.

Edward watched as the man took her palm in his before pulling her into an embrace. He blinked at them then looked away once again as memories of when he'd held someone with that same colour of hair flooded his thoughts.

Like a man who was embarrassed to be caught displaying any form of weakness, Edward fought back the tears that threatened to spill over.

”I must avenge her,” he repeated and Viktor nodded again.