When Red Robin arrived at Mayfair's villa, nothing remained but bloodstains. He had just picked the lock and entered when he saw a long trail of blood dragged from the window to the doorway.
"Someone died. The fatal wound was in the chest. Judging by the amount of blood, there was no chance of rescue. The body was dragged out."
Countless images flashed through Red Robin's mind. As he walked farther inside, he speculated, "Cain and Mary chased someone here and killed them... Who could it have been?"
When he climbed the stairs to the second floor, Red Robin froze for a moment. "No, that's not right. Their target might not have been the outsider who came here—or rather, not just the outsider. They were here for the owner of this house too!"
Red Robin made a circuit of the second-floor reception room, his expression growing increasingly grim. He knelt at the top of the stairs and picked up a pale strand of hair from the base of the banister.
Red Robin closed his eyes. After a moment of thought, he uttered a name: "Master Andrew..."
He rose and looked around. "If I'm right, one of his apprentices betrayed him and led the pursuers here. And when Andrew left Oblivion Bar, he said he was going to find Bruce Wayne."
Red Robin sighed softly. Lilith said in his mind, "It seems Bruce has already been taken away. They most likely used mind-control magic on both of them."
"No, probably only one." Red Robin explained, "Their original target may have been Master Andrew. I read in books documenting the history of the magical world that Master Andrew participated in the first War of the Bloodline and even killed the head of the Brucher Family. They have a blood feud."
"Although the