Chapter 19

Rex and Markus both flowed into the open area, weapons drawn, working together to scan the room for threats, “Got a body,” Rex called, “No threats.”

Markus called the same, not seeing any threats, both men sheathing their weapons at the same time,” Be calm, tell me what happened,” he said to a hysterical woman sobbing near the corpse of another woman.

“It’s Jessie, I just saw her this morning, she was fine, and now…and now she’s dead,” the woman sobbed, placing her hands over her face.

“Markus, come look at this,” Rex called out, kneeling over the dead woman called Jessie.

“What is it?” he asked, joining him, a clatter of armoured feet rattling in the distance.

“Claw marks and a bite to the side of the throat,” Rex said, pointing to the tell-tale marks on the woman’s body.

“That wasn’t, you know,” Markus said, pointing with his eyes at Rex’s sword, motioning to Sküülen.

“I am not allowed to assault anyone that is not directly harming my sweetness without his command, so no, not my doi