#Chapter 51 - Missing Her

Xavier’s POV I got off my horse and started to walk through the town watching the people as they cleaned. What the hell happened here? When I tried asking one of the citizens what happened, they all gave me the same answer. “We were hiding in our homes,” a man told me. “They strong-armed us into staying inside for the past two days,” a woman explained. “We were never allowed to leave so none of us saw anything.” Just as I was starting to become agitated, a small child had tugged on the sleeves of my arm. I knelt down and gave them a warm smile. “How about you, brave one? Maybe your eagle eyes have spotted something the others haven’t.” The child hesitated and looked back at their parents to see if they had their permission to speak. The two nodded their heads in acknowledgment. The child looked back at me. “W-well… I tried not to look outside because I got really scared when the thun