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"How do you know that?" Jasmine frowned. Deep down she had suspected that her death was unusual. She had constantly thought about the 'woman' who had tried to set the oil on fire when the villagers wanted to burn her to death, who she had discovered was a goddess. She knew it was a stretch to think so, but she had a strong gut feeling that it was either Scarlet or someone sent by Scarlet. But how would Lolanthe know?

To prevent the vile goddess from reading her lips, Lolanthe pulled Jasmine to a wall as she explained. "Blaze investigated it. There was no evidence and no witnesses so he stopped investigating, but we are certain that it was her."

She looked panicked. "Only she knew that you had escaped to the human realm. Not even Dairon knew that you were there."

She was still pondering when she tapped her chin with her index finger. "What's Dairon got to do with this?"