Chapter 2045

At dawn, Claude came running, dark circles under his eyes. Processing the many corpses from the previous night had exhausted him. "Adrian!" he called out. Having stood vigilant all night beside Rozi outside the Thousand Herbs Study, Adrian quickly woke and gestured at Claude to keep his voice down. Claude, drained, handed Adrian a bundle. "These are things collected from those people. I don't know if they're of any use though." Adrian rummaged through the bundle, picking out a few items and returning the rest to Claude. "We're going to Greenhursts!" he declared. "Right now?" Claude asked in disbelief. "I'm too exhausted. Can't this wait until tomorrow?" "No," Adrian insisted, patting Claude's shoulder. "The Randell family massacre and Master Matson's death at Medicis Manor must be addressed. You don't want to take the blame for this, do you?" Claude shuddered at the reminder. "We have to go now!" "Arrange two carriages," Adrian ordered. Joe, though fatigued, hurriedly prepa