"Evidence is to be gathered. That comes first, above your revenge. Your child is missing, are they not? Would you really allow eagerness to destroy clues as to his whereabouts? If the whole village comes storming in, everything but the most obvious things will be lost," Beam said. "But all the same, I can not guarantee that letting me go alone will prove to your benefit either. I simply ask for this: fifteen minutes of patience. I will search the place thoroughly, and then you can go in as you will."
The old man still had fury in his heart. Nila, as she pushed her way through the crowd, was quite sure that he would simply brush forward anyway, ignoring the logic of Beam's words, choosing to put his fate in his own hands.
But as the soldiers made their way behind Beam with their torches, as Judas stood like a monstrous shadow at his right soldier, something seemed to make the man pause, for he bit back whatever answer was on his tongue.
