Chapter 113: _A Message

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Chapter 113: _A Message (Warning: Slightly Graphic Scene Ahead) Kaelos’ POV ***** After gathering a small group composed of myself, Beta Marcellus, Gamma Zane, and the Delta, we all left the pack and ventured into the Blood Oak woods. I didn’t bother wasting any time and led them through the thick woods until we got to where I found the body of the human woman staked onto a tree last night. "Bloody hell..." Marcellus muttered as we stared up at the body, still hanging on the tree. Now that it was daytime and I wasn’t in a rush to find Odessa or anything, I could finally get a good look at the poor human woman. Surprisingly, she wore a simple white dress and had blonde hair, looking eerily similar to what a certain someone wore last night. ’Wait, you don’t think...’ Damon muttered in my head with disbelief, but the coincidence was too bone-chilling for me to ignore. Fortunately, it seemed like I wasn’t the only one in the group who noticed. "Is it just me or does she look familiar?" The Delta pointed at the human woman, staring wearily at me. I clicked my tongue before I nodded. "She’s not the only human who was killed but she’s the only one who was staked to a tree. And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that she looks similar to my wife." Marcellus chimed in with surprise in his voice. "Wait, so you’re suggesting that the rogues were trying to send a message to you? A threat to Odessa?" My face scrunched up but I responded with a nod while still staring at the human woman. She even looked to be around the same age as Odessa. This was no coincidence... These rogues were trying to toy with me. It’s so close to MY pack, too. "Gamma Zane, bring down the body. We have to inspect it in case we can find any more clues." I turned to my uncle, who, as usual, seemed completely unbothered about the whole thing. He glanced at me before scanning his gaze on the faces of everyone present. With a grunt, he shook his head before leaping onto the tree, climbing it with relative ease, and grabbing the girl’s body. He seemed to struggle to unpin her body due to the wooden stake sticking right through her stomach, causing me to sigh before I spoke. "Careful, uncle. We want an intact body." He glanced down at me and I could see the sarcastic smile on his face before he placed all his attention on removing the body. Eventually, he clawed it off the tree without damaging it more than it already was and then carried the body with his right hand before he jumped back to the ground. "Violá." My uncle said, dropping the body on the ground before us and dusting his hands with disgust on his face. The body was pale and had wounds on her stomach, chest, neck, and even her legs. All the wounds had dried up blood on them and the huge hole through her stomach even had maggots eating through the corners already. "It seemed they took out her organs," Marcellus observed after stepping forward and squatting on the ground, scrutinizing the body with the same fondness of a scientist. He stretched his right hand forward and slowly shoved it into the hole in the woman’s stomach, searching around with a plain expression. Everyone else also had plain expressions— after all, we were all high werewolf officials who’d been at the center of this war since our births. Anyway, Marcellus eventually withdrew his right hand, which now had dried blood sticking on it, as well as a few maggots, which he wriggled off with a gesture. "What I can’t tell now is if the rogues ate her organs or took them as souvenirs." He remarked with a snigger, shaking his head before he began searching her body. He grabbed a ring on her finger which he flung at me. I caught the ring and stared at it with curiosity. The ring was a simple silver one, with a little diamond encrusted on it. Even though it was silver, it didn’t burn my skin because of its insignificant size and the fact that I merely held it. "The design looks... Local." I observed, still squinting my eyes until I slowly raised my head. "She’s definitely from one of the human settlements outside the borders of the woods. But I doubt she walked all the way here before being killed. They dragged her here." I clenched my jaw, bringing out a handkerchief and wrapping the ring in it before I placed it into my pocket. "We’ll carry her along and search for the human settlement she came from. If she’s been missing for so long, word should have begun going around about her. And from the ring, it’s clear that she’s engaged." I explained, before snapping my finger at Gamma Zane. He glanced at me, raising his eyebrows with confusion until I sighed and spoke. "Your coat. Use it to wrap the human up and carry her along with us." I watched as my uncle’s eyes widened after I said that, his jaw clenching with agitation. "Excuse me?" He queried. Just then, Damon sniggered in my head with amusement. ’Day two hundred and fifty-two of me telling you to let me out so I can bash that bastard uncle of yours head to a wall.’ he said coldly, but I controlled myself by clenching my fists before I plastered a smile on my face. "Carrying her to her fellow humans would show that we aren’t the enemy. Just wrap her up, carry her, and stop being a fucking burden." I said with sarcasm before I turned my gaze to the path I took last night. I stared with a little pensiveness bubbling within me before I remarked. "We still have a long way ahead of us before we see any human settlements. And I don’t plan on sleeping in these woods."

Chapter 113: _A Message

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