Lily walked around the lab examining the equipment. The room was completely empty of anything living or threats of any kind so she had sent Ren to see if he could track down a servant that might know something. The lab was both a wonder to behold and a disturbing example of what happens when intelligence and money meet madness. Dozens of shelves were packed with expensive and technical equipment of all kinds; Lily was actually a little jealous of how well stocked the Lady's lab was. Along one wall sat multiple autopsy tables, a sight one might expect to see in a medical professionals lab only these ones came fitted with restraints. One does not need to restrain the dead so the only logical conclusion was that Isabeau has been operating on the living. This suspicion was confirmed true after reviewing some of Isabeau's medical journals that had been left neatly stacked on a shelf. However what the journals revealed was more sinister than simply operating on the living. Isabeau had been studying how to return the dead back to life and her writings revealed she believed using the dissected organs and body-parts of other living beings was the way to do it. Each of her journals had numerous detailed sketches of human anatomy and notes that went beyond even Lily's medical knowledge. Some of the drawings were of actual people, men specifically, and although none of the faces were familiar to Lily it was safe to presume these were the Lady's victims and not just idle drawings. Each of the men's pictures came with notation on which body parts were perfect for her needs. With the exception of the heart and the brain the lady had collected enough parts from the other men to build a whole new human. Lillian's face bore a look of utter disgust as she realized her original interpretation of what was transpiring was incorrect. Isabeau was not simply trying to return the dead back to life, she was trying to make life from death. This was not about returning her  husband to the world of the living this was about making herself a new husband all together, the perfect man for herself. 

Lillian swiftly gathered the journals and stuffed them into an empty pouch as she ran out the door of the lab. Headed down the hall towards her was Ren with a rather frightened looking servant being forcefully moved along. Ren did not need to say why he brought this specific servant back as Lily was able to quickly deduce the reason why. Slung over one shoulder of the servant was a bulging bag, the contents of which were clear as the golden arm of a candelabra poked out of the hole on top. 

“When the ship begins to sink the rats are the first to leave,” She said coldly. The other servants were afraid of their lady but it was only this one who seemed to be smart enough to leave. This not only mean he understood better than the other servants why their Lady was to be feared, but it also meant he knew now was the best time to abandon ship. “Where is Isabeau?” Lily could see Ren's grip on the other mans arm tighten as she asked. However it seemed as though even the intimidating presence of Adam's most trusted servant was not enough to sway the man into speaking quickly. While it was clear the man was a coward and could easily be forced to give up any information, Lily decided to take a different approach. Reaching into a pouch she pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to the servant, revealing it to be a promissory note. Lily watched the servants eyes dart around the page and widen when his eyes came to the amount the note was worth. Lillian smiled. 

“I-I don't know specifically where she went... only that she goes to the forest sometimes.” Lillian's smiled faded as the man finished speaking and she began to put the paper back in her pouch “Wait! Isabeau has been killing men! I've helped her dispose of the bodies. The bodies were...they were cut up into small pieces... I think it was to help make them easier to dispose of” The man's face contorted in disgust as he was clearly remembering moving the desecrated corpses. “I think she has been trying to find the perfect man and has been killing off the ones she doesn't like.”The man's eyes seemed glued to the note “....I thought she would pick me.... thats all I know I swear.” 

“You're half right. And you're lucky she didn't pick you,” Lilian said as she handed the note to the man who immediately took hold of it. However Lillian did not let go of the paper and instead held a firm grip that threatened to tear the note if either she or the servant pulled too hard. The servant looked to Lillian with desperation in his eyes. “One last question,” she asked.

“Y-yes?” The man responded, nervous he'd lose the money that was so close to being his if his answer displeased Lily.

“Which direction does Isabeau head when she goes to the forest?”

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Lillian and Ren raced through the streets of Prague on the backs of horses procured from Lady Isabeau's stables. They cared little for the people they shared the streets with and forced people to desperately dive away from the speeding animals to avoid being trampled. The information they had received from the servant was enough for Lillian to narrow down the amount of forest they had to search from several hundred kilometers of wooded area to a few dozen square kilometers. While that was still an almost impossible amount of area for only two people to search with any kind of decent level of speed and thoroughness it was considerably more possible than the entire forest itself.  As they rode Lillian informed Ren of what Isabeau was up to and what her intended plans for Adam most likely were. Lillian's words spurred Ren into pushing more speed from his horse and she was forced to do the same so she could maintain her lead and direct them both down the quickest paths to their destination. At this point it had been well over an hour since Adam had gone missing and Lily could only hope they made it to Isebeau before she could do anything to hurt him, or worse.