Moonlit Betrayal

Rick grimaced as he surveyed the scene, his stomach churning at the sight before him. It was the latest in a string of murders that had plagued Howlton in recent weeks, each one more savage than the last.

However, Rick actually had a special ability that could easily recreate the scene just by seeing. So, he analyzed blood spatters like it was some messed-up art exhibit even if he wanted to vomit many times.

It actually was like a nightmare come to life, even he was taken aback by the horror show. "This is some next-level brutality," he whispered, face going pale.

Rick was pointing out every detail in passion and explained, "See these stains? Looks like someone did some organ harvest. Also, those marks on the trees indicated that this poor victim was trying to counter the whole time."

He was absolutely correct. This simply demonstrated that my mate's intuition was as sharp as a silver dagger that killed me last night.

I couldn't wait to witness his reaction when he finally figured everything out.

Xavier's scratching his head, saying, "So, according to the forensic guys, our victim's a young woman under thirty. I mean, the preparator really can’t be investigated easily since he did it in random ways.”

But soon, a forensic guy came with my finger and showed the ring they found in the scene, the key physical evidence.

Rick casually picked up the ring, but Xavier's observation prompted a moment of silence. 

"Alpha Rick, doesn't this ring resemble yours?" he whispered. 

Rick briefly inspected the ring, finding it unengraved, but he shrugged it off, "Ah, it's probably just a common style. I just choose the popular one that time, you know?" 

As Rick finished his sentence, he lingered near the scene entrance lost in thought. After some contemplation, he tried to link me by mind-link. But there was no answer.

Then, he tried to call my phone, but again, it couldn’t get through.

"Look at her, acting all superior after her daily tantrums! Whatever, it's not her, though."

Rick must have thought I didn't answer because I was still angry with him or taking revenge because last night, he ignored my link. So, I couldn't help but feel stressed about it.

“What? Did you fail to mind-link Luna Daisy?” Xavier asked when he heard Rick’s frustration scream.

“Nevermind, bring all of the evidence and ask the team to quickly investigate the victim's identity. Then look for all evidence that could lead to the identity of the perpetrator, we shouldn’t delay it any longer,” Rick ordered angrily.

Poor him. He didn’t know that the answers he sought were closer than he ever imagined, hidden in plain sight among the wreckage of the crime scene.

Before the dismembered body that was found could be rearranged, since they still couldn’t find my head and some of the important parts, the investigation team had found another body not far from the scene. Different from before, the victim that time was still intact, only had a few scratches and a silver dagger stab mark on his stomach.

I was shocked when I saw a face that was very familiar to me. The body that was found was the Rough who attacked me last night. How could he be killed?