Bane sat down  and barked, nodding his head and wagging his huge white tail. Then he stood and walked to the door, which still had the closed sign up. But he jumped up so his front paws were on the door and used his nose to move the knocker, the noise ringing out.

After a few minutes he door opened and a orange haired woman stood there, wearing overalls over a tank top. She looked down and smiled. “Well hello there. Your late, and the boss was about to call...” then she looked up and saw the girl behind the wolf. “Hey there. Did our faithful watch dog find you? Come on in, I was just about to make some breakfast” she stepped back and let the pair in. Inside was huge and open, the lights green to keep the theme going. The middle was a circle bar and cook top which had a huge natural looking chandler hanging above it, it’s green and brown branches making look like a fairy’s home in a tree. 

Bane sat by the bar as the girl moved behind the bar. “I’m scarlet by the way, what can I do for ya?”

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She paused and looked at him, her eyes glowing softly as she said “no one else can be bothered to look into them...not until the attack today. I took the case because I care. And I don’t give a hoot what the others think about it” 

As they walked to the ground, she was looking over her notes and muttered to herself. She seemed to forget he was there till they made it out side and he asked his question. She paused and looked at him, her eyes holding a new look of concern before she paused it away. 

“Her file...is in my office. I believed for a short time the cases were linked. But I couldn’t find anyone who knew more then the thin file given to me on the matter. If you know more of that case I might be able to find more...is she important to you?” She turned to looked at him, now her attention was on him completely. It was an intense look, showing she was a sharper focused woman. 

When the car pulled up she nodded to the butler with respect and said “thank you very much. You’ve made my day a bit brighter” she smiled at him, a warm and soft one that no noble ever had the pleasure in receiving. She stepped into the car and sat down, Fenrir jumping and curling into the back sit with ease. When they started moving Lady Midnight opened her notebook and said “so far ten people have gone missing. They were taken like clock work. One every eight days. And at each scene there’s no clues. Nothing left behind. The only evidence I’ve been able to get from the scenes themselves is a strange energy level right where the person was last seen standing. Witnesses say the poor souls cry out then they are just gone.”

She flipped a page to check a few numbers then said “all have been either low or middle level, all different kinds of magic types. The noble today is the first high level. Me theory is that they don’t know his rank. He was in middle level when taken, which makes me think he was taken for another reason. I don’t think rank has anything to do with why they are taken. I believe it all has to do with their magic. They were all magic users in some form or another.”

She sighed and rubbed her temples, her headache back worse then before. “No bodies have shown up so that’s something...I have tabs on many groups who could be behind this...the rebellion is off my list. They aren’t after those in the lower or middle and they haven’t done anything like this. I’m thinking they may be hunting the job as well...”