When the lid finally gave way and the black bag was dragged into the open, the funeral turned into an interrogation. Whispered prayers were replaced by sharp questions, accusations, and the shrill wail of the widow, who had known nothing about the hidden fortune or the danger stalking her family. The son stared at the bundles of money as if they might explode, realizing his father had died carrying a threat no one else could see.
Police cars soon lined the muddy road by the cemetery, blue lights flickering against crooked headstones. Statements were taken, evidence sealed, theories exchanged. Yet the villagers kept glancing at Thunder, who now stood motionless near the grave, sides heaving, eyes strangely calm. Some said the stallion had merely followed a scent. Others whispered that loyalty had forced the truth into daylight. No one argued when the priest quietly murmured that, in the end, it was the animal who refused to let his master be buried with a lie.
