Bab 140: Chapter 133: The mysterious young man
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The young man looked out from where he was hiding inside the many leaves of a tree, just across Zant's house. The house was currently closed as there were yellow police tapes surrounding the area, making it a crime scene. Due to the death of the acting mayor, there were many speculations of how the mayor died. The policemen were getting confused as they searched the premises for more clues. There were no signs of wounds or attacks on the dead man's body.
The young man smirked, thinking how naive the thoughts of these human beings were. Sometimes when science can't answer it, it is obviously supernatural. But these people just could not accept that supernatural things exist.
He continued to watch from where he was, hidden from view, his face full of mockery. He thought how easy it was for Zant to be killed by those people. Although he had no relations to those people since he was under Zant's command, not them, he thought it was still kind of a pity how that useless warlock was easily killed. He had just told him about his scheme the other day but before they could act on it, he was murdered. Yes, such a useless man.
As more policemen walked around, there was a police car just arriving at the scene.
The young man's eyes narrowed as he tried to look at who the person was. He looked like an important person from how some other policemen immediately stopped what they were doing and went to greet the man. Just as he was about to catch a glimpse, his eyes widened as he backed further in the leaves of the tree.
The man who just got out of the car, immediately looked in his direction! It was as if the former knew that he was hiding there.
The young man was puzzled. He could have sworn that he had casted a strong invisibility spell that could also hide his aura. But that man could easily detect him.
Before that man approached, he thought it would be best if he escaped. And so he did.
He immediately jumped down from the tree and ran away from the scene. He could still feel the man's stare on him as he ran.
Lachlan looked up and then watched as the young warlock ran away. He looked thoughtful, even after the latter had gone.
One of the policemen who had come over to report to him looked at the Chief with a confused look on his face. "Is there something there, Chief?" he asked, also looking at the direction Lachlan was looking.
Lachlan turned back around and shook his head. He then turned to the man standing beside him and asked for an update. While they were talking, they walked in the house to the place where Zant's body was found.
The room was still in the same state as when the body was found. There were no signs of attacks nor assaults happening in the room. It was as if the killing had not happened at all. There was a white marking on the floor, tracing on the shape of the body when it was first found. Lachlan did not see anything amiss in the scene.
According to the forensic officer who had examined Zant's body, he had reported that there weren't any bruises or wounds, it was as if the man suddenly died. Then one of his packmates who worked as a police officer, whispered to him that they had found strange black powder near Zant's body before others saw it. It was the one that Fergus had given to him before.
He walked closer to the body tracing and crouched down to take a closer look. Using his eyes, which suddenly turned to amber, he looked around the trace. He then narrowed his eyes when he saw something just near the head area. With his back to the other policemen, they could not see the eyes of their Chief. As he gets closer, he could detect some trace of a spell. He furrowed his brows in thought. 'What could it be?'
He then stood up and began to look around the room. The other policemen continued to search the area for more clues after seeing that their Chief was doing something else. Seeing his subordinates being busy with other tasks, Lachlan mindlinked Paccia, telling her to come by later to the scene when night time arrives.
After getting the confirmation from Paccia, Lachlan left the investigation to his subordinates and returned back to the Police Headquarters.
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It has been a couple of days since they had their dinner at Erick's house. Amber and the other two young shifters were now sitting in their class for homeroom, waiting for their homeroom teacher to arrive.
Back then, after she had dinner at Erick's House she got home to two furious parents. And again, she spent the rest of the night being scolded and lectured. She felt so guilty that she even had tears in her eyes. Although it was a good thing that she found her way to Erick, she knew that she had broken her parents' trust in her when it comes to this. So, everyday after school, she had to call her parents where she was going, other than for the days her father picked her up. And to make sure she was telling the truth, they told her to pass the phone to Erick so he could talk to them.
Looking at Erick, she was grateful for her parents' trust in him. Even if she had to work hard to gain back their trust, at least they trust Erick.
And now, ever since she knew that Erick and Hamish were shifters, she felt that the bond of trust between them has become stronger. Erick and Hamish no longer have to lie or make excuses while Amber can freely ask them about everything she was curious about, especially in regards to shifters.
Of course, there were times that Amber asked Erick whether he could shift in front of her. He nearly shifted until he remembered that he would need to be in his birthday suit to shift. So he reluctantly refused. Amber was confused as to why would that matter. Then Erick blushingly said that he would willingly shift once they were married. Though, he seems to forget that he had shifted in front of her before at the park.
When Amber saw his blushing face that time, she had laughed so hard. She thought it was kind of cute seeing him blush. She never thought that he would still blush.
But then Hamish came offering to shift if she pays him fifty dollars. Both Amber and Erick refused him. Amber rolled her eyes and shot at him upfront, asking whether he was some kind of exotic dancer or something. Whereas Erick refused because he did not want Amber to see Hamish's naked body nor did he want Amber to stain her eyes. Hamish, back then, just shrugged and continued to play with his phone.
They were still chatting with one another, together with Dana, who was sitting next to Amber, when Mrs. Harris walked in. It was the middle of the semester so it has been quite a hectic couple of months, with many things going on. One of the events that were happening soon was the football playoffs.
Despite being busy with searching Dane's soul and whatnot, Erick did not neglect his responsibilities as the team captain. The football team has been busy for the past few months, going on matches with other local football teams until Burkendall team managed to get into the playoffs.
Though there were times Erick got distracted that Coach Gundlach had punished him many times. There were also times when the coach even threatened Erick with his position.
So ever since he has found a piece of Dane's soul, he was a bit content. Though, again, Paccia did remind him that it would be better if he were to look for the other piece as well, rather than prolong it. Dane too agreed with Paccia.
Erick had sighed, lamented at how busy his life was. He doesn't even have the time to go on a proper date with Amber.
After Mrs. Harris talked about the events that were going to happen in school, she also took the opportunity to wish the football players in the class good luck during the playoffs.
Apparently, the first match during their playoffs was surprisingly against the Port Robston Bay football team. And because of that, Coach Gundlach had trained his players to death, making them practice nearly everyday after school.
Amber sometimes stayed behind to accompany Erick, doing her work in her laptop at the bleachers while he and his teammates had their practice. There were times she left school immediately after class to go to the McClay's to grab dinner while waiting for him there, much to Erick's dissatisfaction.
Every night after practice, even though he was tired, he still managed to send Amber home, giving excuses that he wanted to spend more time with her. It was true, though. Because during the weekend, Latham would come and begin his hellish training with the new shifters again. So, there really wasn't much time for Erick to be with Amber. Everyday, his schedule was like, packed. Despite her protests of wanting him to rest, he had ignored it and continued sending her home.
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