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“She’s a olf,” DI Zael says scathingly “She doesn’t need a motive That doctor-lady said her olf instincts overwhelmed her after the wolfsbane in her blood ran out Maybe that happened the night of the murder too”

“She wouldn’t have allowed it to happen She would be careful about that She even bought some wolfsbane when she came to Grimshaw’s”

“If it happened once, it could have happened before”

“It only happened because she was clearly being kept prisoner by soh with frustration Only sheer effort keepshim an idiot and worse

“If you’re desperate for a ue over Maybe they were fighting over a ly

“This is getting us nowhere,” Storo toto pay attention Now the look on his face immediately tells me that he has so up and has drawn some sort of conclusion

“What is it?” I ask anxiously

“Rachel’s blood was all over India,” he says “But India was hurt too The doctor said she had a laceration from the knife, and yet none of her blood was found on Rachel”

“That doesn’t ,” DI Zael protests

“Actually, it ht with Rachel If India had been cut while she was stabbing Rachel, India’s blood would have got onto Rachel Even a small amount But there was none”

“So she was fighting afterith the killer?” I say eagerly

“Or she did it to herself to uilty,” says Zael

“Either could be true,” says Storain later”

DI Zael huffs angrily, but he is unable to contradict Storm

Storh his hair “In the meantime we’ll continue intervieith Charles Blair’s friends from the bar to see if any of them was involved”