Evelyn then pulled away the sheet revealing a large pool of blood around Mary’s body. There was a single neat slash across the back of her leg. With such a precise incision, she would have bled out in minutes. The wound was purposeful but was not generally attributable to suicide. That ensures a Christian burial.
“You didn’t drain her?” Grace asked. That means she found peace in death…
“Non,” Evelyn said. (No.) “I could not risk her contaminated blood spreading to me.”
Disclaimer: This novel is an work in progress and readers may encounter grammatical errors and inconsistencies. Please view this a draft and not a published work.
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