The bad news.

Evelyn.

I was just about to bring out a bag filled with decorating stuff from the book of the car when I heard what the guard said. I paused first, then dropped the bags in my hands back into the boot before I rushed to where the guard and the Beta were standing.

“What did you just say?” I asked the guard, still not believing my ears. I looked at Beta Zack and saw that he was just as shocked by the news as I was.

“What happened?” He finally asked after he regained himself.

“The guard was on the patrol ground on one of the tight areas of the outskirts of the pack. He was running a routine check the way we do once a day for the tight spots. When he didn’t return within the hour as normal, two of us went in search of him. We met him there, already dead.” The guard explained.

Already dead?

That sounded like he was ambushed. Almost as if whoever attacked him had been waiting for him.

“Do you know who did it? Was there any clue that points to the culprit?” The Beta asked.

I had to sa