ARGON
“That’s his scent, alright,” The head officer identified, examining the truck along with his team.
I stood close by, watching how they carried their investigations, trying to understand what was really going on. The sight of the ruined truck had stunned them when they arrived, leaving them gazing in astonishment.
“We can’t really tell what happened, but it’s clear that a werewolf was behind this, ” The head officer said, pointing out his observation.
“I thought as much,” I said, drawing closer to the truck on noticing something familiar.
“This disaster must be the handwork of that rogue. The team have his scent. We’ll trace him down,” The head officer said, sending his men out to find Jerome.
Despite what he said, about Jerome being the one responsible for this catastrophe, I felt it wasn’t his doing. “I’ve seen this wolf mark before, and it doesn’t look like Jerome’s, ” I identified to the head officer, pointing at the large claw mark inside the vehicle.
“It’s bigger than a normal werewolf’s scrape. Doesn’t it look familiar to you?” I asked, looking at him.
He also took note of this in amusement, reaching out to someone on his phone. “We aren’t dealing with one person here,” He said, walking back to his vehicle.
I took one more look at the mark, feeling some kind of distress on seeing it. It’s the same one from that incident at my company. I haven’t forgotten.
.
Since the authorities were handling the case, and assured me a quick response, I decided to head down to my company and wait for their feedback.
It’s best I stay there than at the mansion. I don’t want Brielle knowing what is going on, until I have a clear understanding on what’s happening in my pack.
In the next thirty minutes, I got a call from the head officer concerning our culprit, Jerome. “Talk to me,” I said, leaning against the wall in my office.
That’s when the head revealed something shocking. “The team went around and found traces of your former Beta. But… It’s something you might find disturbing.”
“What do you mean by that?” I asked, getting a troubling feeling within.
That’s when he said to me, ” Well… We… We found a leg in one part of the bushes and…”
“Wait, a leg?!” I exclaimed, stunned at what he just said. What leg or whose leg is he talking about? “I asked for my former Beta not a leg. And why’s there a leg in the forest?” This was beginning to trouble me.
I noticed the head officer couldn’t speak or explain himself properly, so he invited me down to the hospital. “I think you need to see this yourself. We’ll be waiting, Alpha, ” He said, ending the call.
Why do I need to come down to the hospital? Did they find Jerome?
Having no other choice, I left the company and went down to the hospital to meet the officers waiting for me.
There I was introduced to a doctor, who then escorted us to a cold room located in the last inner floor of the hospital, causing my mind to tremble and perambulate.
“Why are we here?” I asked within, just following them from behind.
There were a lot of thoughts running through my mind with Jerome on it. Why do I have a bad feeling that this has something to do with him?
It didn’t take long for this doctor to stop right in front of a body bag settled on a stretcher, looking straight at me.
“What?” I asked, lifting my brow at the old man in white.
He pointed at the bag and said, ” Here’s the body.”
“Whose body?” That question came out in a skip, leaving my body shaking and my heart beating.
“It’s your former Beta’s. The team traced his scent and we found his body in different part of the forest, ” The head officer explained, shocking me!
What’s he saying?! That’s Jerome in the bag?! How’s… How…
“It was a horrible scene,” The doctor added, zipping the bag open for me to see. And when my eyes fell on the body… “Goodness!” I was choked on dropping my gaze on the horror I saw.
Jerome! It’s indeed Jerome!
His body was severed from the legs, hands, and even his head! He was completely detached from his body!
“The victim must have experienced a lot of pain. You can tell through the way his flesh is popping from the sockets,” The doctor pointed with his pain, almost touching his bloody bone.
Disgusted, I turned my eyes away, unable to look at the dead body in the bag. It got me sick in an instant. I had to look away, hearing the bag zipping back up. That’s when the head officer gave me more information on where they found Jerome’s body parts.
“His hands were found on a tree, while his head and body was seen on one of the roads leading out of the pack. There was a huge crowd that gathered there, dragging our attention to the horrifying scene, ” He shared, swaying his head.
“Who… Who did this to him?” I muttered out, still feeling that disturbing vibration within.
“Maybe it’s the pack people. From the information my team and I got, we learnt that Jerome was seen running around the city like a maniac. It felt like he was running away from something or maybe someone. They just said they spotted him and began to chase him off, even though the former Beta was acting like someone on the run, ” He said, placing his hand on my arm, while gradually leading me out of the cold room.
I took one more look at the body bag and saw all my past moments with Jerome, flashing before my eyes.
I know I made an order to end his life, if he dared to step back into the pack after his banishment, but never in my wildest dream did I expect to find him dead one day.
“The killer didn’t just end his life but decapitated his head, ripped his arms and legs from its socket. You can tell from the fleshy opening that his body was forcefully pulled apart,” The head officer shared his observation.
“But if you noticed the marks on his body and face, it shows that Jerome had gotten into some kind of fight before getting himself killed. Do you think the people have something to do with this after hearing your order?”
“We can only tell when we find the second person that was with him. Jerome wasn’t alone. Someone else was with him, ” I pointed out, taking him back to the disfigured truck. “He was running away from something. The same thing that ripped that truck apart. I recognized the scent from that night outside my factory. Do you remember King Damien’s men?”
“Yes, I do. We assumed it was a beast that attacked them, but couldn’t find this creature, ” He answered, showing his clear remembrance to that incident.
I nodded and said, ” That same creature, I picked its scent. It’s the same with the one I picked from the truck.”
“You mean… Oh shit, ” The head was astonished. We just gave a closed case an opening.
“We have to find who it was and get to the bottom of this,” I said, giving the order.
“As you wish, Alpha. We’ll locate this murderer and bring him to custody.”
“Let me know when you find him,” I said, walking ahead.
The news and sight of my former Beta had opened an unexpected fear within me. Whoever that attached Jerome, is the same person that wrecked my company and attacked Damien’s men that night.
I need to find this beast at once.