Twelve

VINCENT

'Something is wrong' Jared said to me through the mind link. I straightened on my seat, a pen tucked between my middle and index fingers.

'Elaborate' I said.

'I'm on my way to your office. Noah is with me' he told me.

"Come in" I said at the sound of the knock on the door. Noah walked in alongside Jared. They both looked grim. I wondered why that was the case.

"I was completing the rounds last night. There was no suspicious activities as usual. Neither was there signs of the presence of rogues in our territory" Noah began.

"So?" I said, keeping my gaze on him.

"I really thought that was it. But then, I smelt something around the perimeter"

Jared sighed, running his fingers through his hair.

"Corpses. The smell was so strong, I had to ask Jared to investigate with me" Noah continued.

"What did you find?" I asked.

"The actual corpses. Werewolves and humans. There were sixteen bodies in all. Eight werewolves and eight humans"

I was suspicious at this point. It had been