Chapter 72

"Whoever attacked Omar didn't take the feather," I said. "They used it to try and kill him."

"If they left it behind, then they weren't affected by its temptation magic," Priya said.

"If Levi happened to have the artifact on hand, and if he was the attacker, he couldn't have left it behind. It rules him out, but that's a lot of 'ifs.'" My head was going to explode. "That aside, it's an odd choice for a murder weapon, given how slowly the magic was strangling Omar."

"Why?" Priya kicked off her shoes.