That was strange.
To Nicholas and Kasteil, it sounded strange. From the moment they saw the body, they suspected it was murder. They were convinced it was a murder. You could call it instinct but it was obviously marder.
Now hearing that it had been drowning caught them off guard. The simplicity of drowning felt almost wrong. A body in ice, so perfectly preserved, so eerily calm—yet the official report said the child had drowned. Nicholas and Kasteil exchanged subtle glances, both questioning the plausibility of such an explanation.
"It doesn't make sense," Nicholas thought silently, his jaw tightening as he recalled the moment they had seen the body. There had been no signs of struggle, no bruising, and yet the child's feet bore the marks of someone running desperately. Every instinct in him screamed that someone had caused this.
"But," Dr. Ellen said, cutting into the silence, "it's very strange because the sole of the child's feet had signs that he was on the run."
