Page 2 of Untraceable
King Amori of ArutrusCity sat up and flexed the arm he was sure had been blown off.
“Your Majesty, what do you remember about the moments before the explosion?”
“King Nuralit took out a Suuran artifact and said it was supposed to give a light show. He slammed it to the ground, and the entire world exploded.”
The peacekeeper smiled. “I know this is difficult, but what happened next?”
He flexed his hand. “I heard people dying all around me. It seemed like it was taking forever. I heard a voice and someone talking to me. A woman was leaning over me and asking if I wanted to live. She was snippy about it.”
The peacekeeper smiled. “What happened then?”
“She caught my beast and shoved it back into my chest. Then she assembled my arm and leg in the correction positions, and they were attached when the other healers arrived and dismissed her.”
The peacekeeper blinked. “She forced your beast back in?”
“Yes. Oh, she did ask first. She required me to agree that I wanted to live before she made a move.” He smiled. “She looked really young.”
“Can you remember anything else about her?”
“She had marks of Suura on her shoulders. Sewn into the shoulders of her robes.”
The peacekeeper looked to the armed troll waiting in the doorway. The grey peacekeeper wandered away.
Amori cocked his head. “You don’t look pleased. Did she do something wrong?”
“No, Your Majesty. You are healed completely, and there are no indicators of the necromancy that was used.”
“That is good. Why do you look so serious?”
“Necromancy has not been practiced on this campus for two hundred years. Several alarms went off when she healed you.”
“Ah. So, what will the penalty be for her? I will pay it.”
The peacekeeper nodded and got to his feet. “It will not come to that. The penalty is death.”
Amori blinked. “She saved my life.”
“She used necromancy. We have a zero tolerance for that.”
Amori shifted, and his fox tails fanned out behind him. “She saved my life.”
“I understand, Your Majesty, but our laws are absolute. Necromancy is forbidden.”
“But there are no signs of it in me?”
“No. But you have stated that she held your beast’s soul. That isn’t something that can be done without necromancy.”
The troll lumbered back. “Officers went to her dorm. She’s gone. No trace of her. She used mage fire to remove any traceable residue.” He sighed. “She has also removed herself from the computers, the backups, and any online record. There are no photos of her either. Suura will not cooperate with her identity, so we can only imagine that she returned there.”
Amori frowned. “I do not think so. Those who leave to seek education are not welcomed back.”
“Well, we don’t want any necromancers here. They can play with the dead elsewhere.” The peacekeeper nodded. “Thank you for your testimony.”
“I will be returning to my city this afternoon. Who may I contact for updates on the search?”
“If we find her, she will be executed on the spot. With your testimony, there is no doubt of what she did.”
Amori growled and pulled his aura around him. “I will discuss this with your ruling body.”
