"What is this?"
Ray freaked out, his voice trembling as he flipped through the file.
"Is this real?"
"Unfortunately yes," Ethan nodded slowly.
On the desk were reports of missing people. At first glance it looked normal. It was common for people to disappear while travelling outside.
Seven out of ten were usually found by patrol guards and returned safely. The remaining few vanished without any trace. Most of the time, people assumed they had died after crossing paths with beasts outside the walls.
However now the truth was laid bare on paper. Many of them were not killed by beasts at all.
They had been kidnapped and they had been sold.
Ethan had ordered the Black Thorns to investigate and gather every piece of information they could get their hands on. They dug deeper, traced routes, cross-checked transactions and finally found the horrifying truth. Many of the missing names matched the slave lists. People who once lived freely under Blank rule now existed as property.
