After a while, Caleb finally spoke. “Let’s try to catch the murderer first. Our primary priority is to stop the killing. Otherwise, it would only cause panic to other packs. If members of other packs were killed, the consequences could be unpredictably dire. The first problem will be the relationship between werewolves and witches. It hasn’t been the best ever since, with werewolves harboring fears about witches. Then the rift…”
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He didn’t need to finish because I knew what he meant.
If this hatred grew in the hearts of the werewolves, they would eventually condemn the witches because someone had to be responsible.
Silence enveloped us as I glanced at the sky, then at the gruesome corpse in silence.
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“Alpha! Luna!” The chief of police approached us, making the tension disappear.
“How’s the investigation going?” Caleb asked.
“We have identified the cause of death and the victim’s identity. His name is Ole Warren. He was on his way home from drinking with his friends at a pub last night. His friends told us that he frequented this square to take a shortcut. He was probably attacked here after leaving the pub drunk.”
“How about the murderer?” Caleb asked after a moment.
Unfortunately, the chief shook his head. “We’ve looked, but the attacker didn’t leave any traces except for the body. There are also no witnesses because there are no surveillance cameras on this part of the road and no passersby at night.”
Caleb furrowed, his voice cold and distant. “Have you not concluded anything from how the perpetrator killed the victim? It was very peculiar.”
“You’re right; the method of murder is unique and brutal. We’ve never seen anything like this before, so we’re trying to find out more about it. The only thing we’re sure about is that the victim died once his blood was drained completely in the grass behind the square.”
The chief’s answer seemed to disturb Caleb as hearing it only deepened his frown.
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“Invite everyone who drank with Ole to the station, and find out every single detail before the incident. Double-check all the cameras near the area during the killing and report any suspicious individual,”
Caleb commanded sternly after pondering on it for a moment.
“You got it, Alpha!” the chief obliged.
Because of the seemingly stagnant progress of the case we saw after visiting the crime scene, Caleb and I grew increasingly concerned, so we went to the police station with the chief.
According to the investigation procedure, Zeke, who first reported the scene, and Ollie’s friends were called to the station for their statements and questioning.
But as I predicted, no one among them knew anything of substance about the victim’s death.
Zeke told the police the same thing he said in the meeting. “I saw the body when I was exercising in the morning. I was so scared that I just ran away. I saw nothing else.”
Meanwhile, Ollie’s friends couldn’t do anything but regret and grieve the loss of their friend.
“We always hang out over drinks, then go home by ourselves. He could handle his liquor, so we never worried about him afterward. Nothing bad ever happened before anyway.”
“That’s right. And despite being an orphan, Ole was friendly with everyone. He never fought with anyone; he was that kind.”
“If you hadn’t called me here, I wouldn’t even know he was dead. He was such a good person, after all. Who would even dare to do this to him?”
In the end, the thorough, yet fruitless questioning made us dismiss looking into Ollie’s personal relationships. It felt like we hit a dead end.
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