“I was just practising, Inspector. I have got better though, haven’t I? You had to look twice at these here bones, don’t lie now!” said Millie.
“They are very life-like, Millie, though I don’t believe I’ve seen a dog with two spines and an extra rib cage?”
Millie scampered across the floor, snuffling for the remainder of her wooden bones and when she had retrieved most of them she padded across the room and sat down on her chair.
“What do you need, Inspector? How might Millie the Mighty Manticore serve thee?”
Judas sat back in his chair and rubbed at his temples.
“A young girl died recently. She was manipulated and then killed with a rare form of powerful magic, so that makes it my business. And because of the nature of her passing, she’ll be waiting in the Place of Beginnings, wonder
