Is this a murder mystery?

She had looked everywhere, her heart in her throat as her mind raced with the possibilities. She hadn't seen Jael since... well, she couldn't quite remember when. Dread was all but absent since Deluge had fallen pregnant and Tide and Davey were missing too. Modesty paced the Ravine from one end to the other, searching for any recent trace of them, but she kept on coming up empty. A grimace pulled at her mouth as she turned towards the border, hoping to intercept Gil on one of his ceaseless rounds. He would know if they had crossed the border, or if Dread had crossed in recently. At least that would give her direction to focus her search right? They couldn't be gone, they couldn't be far. It just. Wasn't. Possible.

"speech"