My Vampire Harem Will Dominate Everything

Chapter 305 - 305: Standard Procedure

"Are you sure it's safe to hand this over to him?" Anya asked, moving from where she was to stand in front of James.

James kept sitting, staring at the door Ezra had left through. "This is the only way, Anya. Stopping them from investigating would only make them much more curious. They would not be able to resist."

"But giving him free rein to investigate would still make sure the information gets to the Veilbreaker kit. She's his wife, in case you've forgotten."

"I haven't." James turned to look directly at Anya. "But Ezra is more likely to follow orders. We only need him to find the killer and stop the Veilbreaker from investigating directly."

"Alfred will also

"No visible injuries and no sign of a struggle." Olivia said. "From what we can tell, Hyde was poisoned. There's nothing physical to suggest he fought back or tried to escape."

Ezra frowned at her words. It seems James Harlow's… suspicions were not without merit. "So, he was murdered?"

Gen nodded. "Everything points to it. We think he was drinking with someone he knew, someone close enough that Hyde didn't suspect a thing. Whoever killed him likely slipped something into his drink and the poison did the rest."

Ezra sighed, his gaze lingering on the spilled blood wine. This wouldn't be an easy case. Not with James' personal interest in the matter. He ran his hand through his hair and straightened.

"Let's follow protocol for now." He turned to his wives. "Contact the Custodians. Let them clean up the scene after we're done here. We'll collect the body from the police enroute and transfer it to our morgue. There, we'll have them do the autopsy. And get samples of any remaining wine for them to examine."

"Let the journalists report this as a disease. Something that fits the bill and won't draw too much attention. Make sure they lose interest the moment the reports and articles are out. I don't want anyone digging any deeper into this."

Gen and Olivia nodded and turned to leave.

"Oh! And one more thing." They turned back. "Once we're clear here, go back to your regular duties. I'll be handing the rest personally."

Olivia raised an eyebrow. "The City Lord assigned it to you?"

"Yes." Ezra nodded. "He wants me to lead the investigation. No one else."

"Lucky you." Gen smirked, but there was no humor in her eyes.

Ezra didn't respond to her teasing, instead taking one last look at Hyde's body. "Let's wrap this up. Time waits for no man."

Harlow wanted answers, and he would have to find them.