Moonlit whispers

after

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t the cafe and returned to the bookstore. Josie came to ask me how it went and I told her he just had a few harmless questions for me. She didn't look convinced by

t something was bothering me and she let me go earlier instead. Immediately, I headed to the small flat I called home and when I got inside, I locked the door behind me and made my way to my bedroom. On getting

r, I wrapped it back inside the cloth and returned it to its position under the bed. Then I pulled my clothes off and climbed o

nd I got out of bed. Still groggy with sleep, I

was wearing a leather jacket and jeans and

o my house this early in the morning? Le

rossed his face. "Ho

joke," I s

body while hiking in the woods. Same as the previous ones: claw marks, the symbol, defaced

as fully awake now

corpse and a half crescent was painted i

d he said, "If there's something you think I

ve me a few minutes to get dressed and

y anything. I held the door open for him a

red, then I returned to the living room. I met him standing in front of the large shelf

never struck me as someone who loved to read books. Especiall

store. What do yo

the book to the shelf after flipp

me towards a part of the town that I had never been to. There were

it before following him down the trail. After walking for a few minutes, we got to where the corpse was. The first thing I noticed about it was the awkward way in which the body was positione

said, looking at m

dy that saw the

as so badly shaken that I couldn'

rig

hink? I know there's something you're still not telling me. Are you really going

words then I stopped and took a deep breath

but I think you have more to say than that. I can continue the investigation on my own and

see that symbol? I have come across it before. No, sc

and I stopped talking. I could imme

urned around, I got my ans