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We ran the perimeter of our area and stopped for a few moments. We let our wolves simply wander, still scanning the area for any threats.
‘Guys on the southern side. Something came barreling through the woods, we couldn’t make out what it was. Most likely just a rogue. Keep your eyes peeled, it was heading in your direction.” One of the patrol members called out through the mind-link.
Maya’s fur bristled in excitement. She longed to run at her full capacity, to sink her teeth into something.
The four of us froze as we heard the snapping of branches. The sound was coming from all around us.
“He said it was only one.” Mason’s sandy colored wolf whipped it’s head around.
I frowned and Maya let out a low growl, “It sounds like more than one, but I trust the others.”
“We need to split up.” Kyle suggested, and it was a solid idea.
Ashlynn’s voice chimed in, “They sound like their moving. If it’s only one, how can it be moving in two separate directions?”
“We need to split up. Ashlynn and Kyle, take the left. Mason and I will head in the opposite direction. If anything approaches you, call the others.” I barked orders at the three of them, and it was a strange feeling.
Mason and I bounded off into the forest, letting our ears guide us to whatever was running.
“Something feels off.” I mumbled. Whatever we were chasing had no scent. Typically rogues smelled like rotting flesh. A wolf who could cover their scent was incredibly strong and resourceful.
“You think so?” Mason’s wolf let out a low whine.
The only sound was that of cracking branches, and paws hitting the wet earth.
We skidded to a stop when we reached a small clearing. The only thing lighting up the clearing was the bright moon that hung in the sky.
The rustling was coming from all around us and I growled in frustration.
“Whatever it is, it’s circling us.” Maya growled, her fur bristling at the thought of a fight.
As soon as it began circling us, it all of a sudden came to a stop. The entire clearing was silent.
“It’s- It’s gone.” Mason’s voice was laced with confusion.
It wasn’t running from us It was leading us.
I felt my eyes widen as a head of flaming hair came into view.
What was she doing all the way out here?
“Call the others, Mason.” My voice was quiet, but the strength in my words surprised me. I was never one to take control of a situation, but that was just something else that had changed about me.
“Wha-” Mason started, but his question was cut short when he looked into her glassy eyes.
Sitting against a tree, a mere thirty feet away was Katie.
Her flaming hair rustled in the breeze as her green eyes peered lifelessly at the two wolves who approached her.
The scarlet blood that soaked her neck was only a shade darker than her hair.
Her throat was torn out and her mouth was open as though she were letting out a silent scream.
The others were quick to respond as one of our own had been found.
I couldn’t peel my eyes away from Katie’s glassy stare, even when Mason’s gentle hand turned me from her body.
We had shifted into human form after alerting the others, pulling on a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants that were stashed in the forest.
“Don’t look at her, Daisy.” Mason murmured, his typical care-free expression was absent from his face.
“Could a wolf have done this?” Maya mused in my head.
I shook my head in response, “It’s possible. It takes incredible skill to cover your scent like that.”
I could feel my heart hammering in my chest, and the cool night time breeze felt sharp against my skin.
As awful as it sounds, I had grown used to blocking things from my mind. While Katie’s glassy stare would surely haunt my dreams, I pushed the image from my conscious mind.
Alpha Nolan and his men had taken a total of six minutes to arrive in the clearing.
Nolan looked delectable in his loose fitting shorts, his b**e chest absorbing the moon light and taking on a porcelain glow. As much as my mind wanted to linger on Nolan and find some semblance of peace, there was business to attend to.
“He brought a lot of men with him.” Maya pointed out that interesting fact.
I frowned, “Kind of strange, isn’t it?”
There had to be at least fifteen men that followed Nolan into the clearing. Far too many men for what looked like a simple rogue a****k.
A man I hadn’t met before approached Mason and I while Nolan looked over Katie’s lifeless body.
The unnamed man was nearly as intimidating as Nolan himself, but he lacked the powerful aura that
Nolan seemed to constantly exude.
“Beta Drake.” Mason murmured, nodding his head in an act of respect.
Beta Drake was the man mentioned when I first arrived at the pack boarders. No wonder Sean was in such a sour mood when I finally arrived home. Nolan had no need for another Beta when he had one of his own. Sean had essentially been stripped of his title, a title my family had held for years.
Beta Drake had the same extremely large build all of Nolan’s men had, as if giant blood ran in their family. A long scar ran down the side of his neck, disappearing under the t-shirt he wore. His hair was a strange shade of ash blonde and reached down to his ears.
“Tell me tonight’s events leading up to the discovery of the she-wolf.” Beta Drake spoke in a very informal tone, “Do not leave anything out.”
Mason glanced at me, and with reluctance I began to speak.
I kept my hammering heart under control, determined to keep my wandering eyes away from Katie’s body. The last thing I needed was to lose what tight grip I had on my emotions.
Much to my surprise, my voice came out calm and steady. The turmoil I was feeling inside didn’t rear it’s ugly head.
Mason chimed in here and there, confirming my account of tonight’s events.
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