Gryphen shook his head.
“So we know that Ceit was murdered, and we suspect it was her father, but can’t prove it. We then know he disappeared, never to be seen in history,” he said, ticking the information off on his fingers.
Everyone listened.
“We know that Duncan and Ciarán were betrayed, and we now know who, but to keep this from going south, we need to figure out where a dead baby is and still find Duncan’s lover’s remains to put them back, right?”
Ian nodded.
“Yep. We found out who was in the lake, but Catherine wasn’t so much mad about that as she was about her child being punished.”
Graham got their attention.
“There’s one last part in the journal. Maybe it’ll give us the where.”
Well, then, they needed to hear it.
“Do it,” Ian said.
Graham read over the words, and he translated them for the three people.
‘An eye for an eye, and it is done. As the church continued to look for her, my betrayer, I was forced to place Catherine’s child where no one would find him. The sacred place I put my love is now desecrated with her foul progeny.
Also, there is her disgustingly greedy father, who taught his offspring that money mattered more than people’s lives.
Alas, no one will find them unless I point out the way, and I will take this to my grave. When it is my time, I shall have my only child, the heir to the Granndach castle, remove Ciarán’s bones, and place them with me. We will rest only when we are put back where we belong.
Ceit will be moved back to the castle, and at that time, the curse shall be broken. It can only be broken by an heir.’
He closed the book because there was nothing more to read.
Then, he was to the point.
“It’s safe to say that Duncan didn’t kill Ceit,” he said. “Not only because he was away at war, but because why would he stay calm when we put her back in the castle?”
On that, they agreed.
It made Ian curious.
“What did we find out about Oison?” he asked. “We know he came here to get his youngest daughter hitched to the money wagon, but when did he die? Were we able to find that? Maybe that will tell us who killed him. We know the where, just not the who?”
Gabby shook her head.
“No. There’s no mention of him past the marriage arrangement he wanted with Catherine and Duncan. He just disappears from history, and that explains it. He’s with his grandchild and Duncan’s lover.”
Graham shook his head.
“Well, if you’re bringing a psychic here, maybe that’s a question we should ask.”
He was right.
That would be something to ask the person as soon as they could get to the village.
“We might also benefit from asking about removing the curse. It’s clearly still here. This place is a mess.”
Gryphen laughed. His lover was absolutely right.
Ian nailed that.
