Chapter 391 Carrie! No Horny!

I transformed, and Carrie gasped and dropped her towel to reveal her beautiful naked body as she stared at me with awe.

"This is not the form of a beast," I said simply and smiled at her while not being able to admire her naked and still partially wet body. Bad Galio! No horny! "I was just trying to find my way here in search of Hilda, but I guess I found who I was looking for right away. I honestly didn't think I was going to get into this situation."

"Hilda is in the city," Carrie said, grabbing a robe and putting it on. "You should have come to me first instead of sneaking around like some thief in the night."

She leads me into her room, and we sit down at a table near her bed. "If you have come here to ask if I took her, then no, that is not the case."

"No, I didn't think that you would. You know that I would find her. Let's drop Hilda for a moment and talk about what was going on out in those villages," I said, switching to a more serious tone because I was actually mad about this part. Many women had died and been tortured because of her working with the Black Goat Cult.

Carrie's face fell, and she sighed. "Yes, I was working with them," she admits, her voice soft and full of shame. "I was promised power that I could never get elsewhere; they said they would help me keep my position as ruler over this city."

Carrie paused for a moment before continuing, looking at the floor as she spoke. "But now I can see that they were lying to me; they only wanted to use me and my power against the other rulers of this place. I would never have done all those things if I had known how it was going to turn out."

Carrie looked up at me, her eyes full of regret and sorrow, but she didn't seem to understand the veracity of what she had done. "I'm sorry for all the hurt and suffering that I caused," she said solemnly, her voice filled with genuine contrition.

"A lot of women died, and that blood is on your hands now. Not only that but they were tortured and bled. You don't just get to wipe your hands clean from that. You need to make sure you never do it again," I said, my voice full of authority.

Carrie nodded her head and said nothing as she looked away. We sat in silence for a few moments before she finally spoke up again.

"I will never do anything like this ever again, Cat God, I promise that to you. I will make sure that none of these women ever have to go through this again," she said, her voice full of determination.

"Proud words, but when Hilda is standing in this room as the new ruler of this city, I will believe that. Until then, you are going to be my faithful helper in getting information from around the city. I know the area she disappeared from and around the time, but the suspect list is low right now. Is there anyone that might do something like hold her to keep until the election is over in your best interests?" I asked, and then added, "I have already talked to the Grashalor and Balishire families, and I highly doubt that Lutha or her girls took one of their own, but I am still on the fence about Mother. She seems to have something to hide towards your interests."

"Mother would have sent you away because you tried to steer the conversation, but that is not how things work in the Balishire Manor. Bringing up topics that were not pre-discussed is considered bad form in that household, and the same goes for the Wood family. The Guildmaier are quiet but loud drinkers, and that is the best time to talk to them, but you have to be careful around the Richmer. Shallot is the Mother of the Richmer family, and she is a fiery one. The other girls from that family are not much different, but nowhere near as bad as their mother," Carrie explained, her voice now a bit more passionate.

"Do you know what happened to Hilda? I need to find out where she is and make sure that she is okay," I said, my voice full of concern and urgency.

Carrie shook her head, a sad expression on her face. "I am afraid not Cat God; like you have heard, no one had seen her."

"Then, out of the five families, who is the most likely to have taken Hilda? I know it's a hard question, but I need some direction if I am going to find her," I asked, and Carrie shifted her mouth to the side as she started to think.

Carrie looked off into the distance for a moment before speaking in a solemn tone. "I believe that the Richmer family is your best bet; they have never been known for their adherence to laws or morals. I don't think that they took them, but Sabrina was best friends with Hilda. This is something most people know. I will try to figure out what I can learn while you are gone, and I will work very hard to prove myself. I know that I have gotten myself into a bad situation, and a lot of bad things have happened, but I don't want to die. I never meant for any of this to happen."

I gave a single nod and then turned around, walking out the door. "Thank you, Carrie," I said and then opened a portal to the roof again to think for a bit.

Carrie was right; the Richmer family was the most likely place to start; they were already shady and had no problem flouting laws. I knew that Sabrina was close with Hilda, so there was a good chance that her Mother might have taken her in hopes of getting something out of it later on.

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