TRUEBLOOD(THE MULTI REED) novel Chapter 4

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That same night, the cops arrived at the crime scene, terrified by the massacre before them. Sheriff Cole West, a tall, well-built black man, and his assistant Inspector Dwayne Sydney, a young white man arrived, inspecting the crime scene. They looked closely at the claw marks, surprised.

"The Wendigos? I thought we drove them out of town?" Sheriff Cole asked with a shocked look on his face.

"I'm equally surprised sir. It seems they used this as a warning cos not everyone here had missing body parts. Some were just murdered." He explained, pointing at a few bodies drenched in cold, now black blood.

"Shirley, what do you think happened?" Cole asked as a young, white-blond walked up to both men.

"I think there was a brawl here." She replied, cocking her head in a different direction.

"Why do you think so?"

"There are boot prints opposite these two footprints of obvious beasts. Then, the bootprints have changed positions, equalling the footprints. Also, there were palm prints that belonged to the owner of the boot prints but there were no fingerprints. Perhaps the human was wearing gloves and was fighting against those monsters. But something surprising is, the prints were obvious in this arch and are no longer visible outside...Meaning they either flew away or disappeared." She explained, wiping beads of sweat off her forehead.

"This is true forensic work. Good job Shirley." Sheriff cole commended.

"My pleasure sir." She replied in appreciation.

"Shirley, what do you say to us going out for lunch tomorrow?" Dwayne asked with a boyish grin.

"One reason I'll never date you is that you ask the right questions at the wrong time." She replied with a scoff. Sheriff Cole chuckled, watching both officers argue with each other. He laughed as he remembered how he adopted raised both of them. Now, both were old enough to make their decisions.

"Let's leave this for the rest, I need to rest. I'll have to inform Alpha Alfred." He said, leaving.

"Okay sir, we'll remain here and probably come to see you tomorrow." They replied in unison as the Sheriff left.

"Now, back to what we were discussing," Dwayne said, facing Shirley.

"Again, NO" she replied, stressing the no.

DYCHE'S MANSION

Alfred sat on the cushion, facing the now unlocked seer who had a deep scar running down his cheek.

"So, you mean the chaos wolves are about to strike terror?" Alfred asked, feeling agita.

"Also, the Dragon's soul too would be unleashed." Seer replied.

"Oh no, lots of powerful creatures but the multibreed are the real deal." Alpha Alfred replied, now calming down.