- I Am Back
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Driving smoothly, Keshton glanced over at Sibyl’s sleepy face. The refreshing breeze coming from in through the window and the long, tiring day made it difficult for her to keep her eyes open. She had even struggled to keep up with their kissing earlier in the car, so Keshton decided to forgo s*x and drive her home instead. They had stopped briefly at his place so she could grab her wallet before heading to her home. However, as they approached the borders of the Eclipse Moon Pack, Keshton suddenly slammed on the brakes. The abrupt
at in confusion and then turned her gaze forward. There, in stop jolted Sibyl awake. First she/
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the distance, near a large banyan tree, Glen and Aries. Trace was on his knees, all their eyes were fixed on something in the tree. Sibyl’s hand flew to her mouth when she saw Stella hanging dead from the tree. Keshton immediately got out of the car and
awed to the tree, followed by Sibyl, still in pure shock. All of
life?” them stood there silently, staring at Stella’s lifeless body in disbelief. “Did you kick her out of your Trace’s broken voice shattered the silence, his eyes fixed on Aries. “Trace, it’s clear that Stella has committed suicide. Aries has nothing to do with this,” Glen stepped forward to defend Aries, conversations between Aries and Trace always led to arguments and fights among the two friends when it came to Stella. “Yes, I kicked her out of my life,” Aries admitted, not meeting anyones eye. Trace’s expression darkened at Aries’s confession. He got to his feet and punched Aries in the face. “She was not your soulmate, Aries! She was nothing to you and you knew it the whole time! So why the hell did you kick her out when you knew she would die without you?!” he snapped. Glen rushed to control Trace as Aries refused to move a muscle or hit back, he just stared at Trace with a stoic expression. “She did not commit suicide,” Sibyl murmured, her words reaching the ears of all the men standing there. “What are you saying?” Glen and the others stopped, their attention now focused on Sibyl as Keshton followed her line of sight to the tree. Sibyl explained, “I understand that this large banyan tree has roots that are quite large that hang down, but Stella is not tall enough to reach the root that was used to hang her with. On top of that, her high heels were tossed far away from her body. It would have been impossible for her to hang herself unless someone far stronger strangled her with those roots and then tied it around her neck to make it look like a suicide.” As Sibyl pointed out the facts, everyone noticed those small details. They all knew how cowardly Stella was; a she–wolf like her would never commit suicide. Aries nodded, his eyes dark and contemplative. “Her purse and mobile phone are also missing,” he murmured. Keshton walked closer to the banyan tree, his keen senses trying to pick up any trace of the perpetrator. However, the only scent that lingered in the area was Stella’s, despite the recentness of the death. His eyes scanned the ground, noting the shoe marks imprinted in the soil. “Someone intentionally killed her right outside of my borders,” Keshton stated, his gaze flicking over the disturbed earth and the other faint traces left behind. Glen, Trace, and Aries turned their attention to Keshton, their expressions a mix of concern and determination. “Who would do this and why?” Glen asked, his voice tense. “Bring me the CCTV footage that I asked for earlier,” Keshton replied firmly. **** After sending Sibyl with a Warrior to drive. her home, Keshton entered his packhouse, where Glen, Aries, and Trace were already waiting for him in his office. “Play the footage,” Keshton commanded as he took a seat. Glen nodded as played the footage on the laptop, starting at the specific time Keshton had requested. Aries c****d his brows. “Why does this path look familiar? It’s the same path from Sibyl’s apartment to the strip club,” he remarked, just as Sibyl appeared on the screen, walking down the street with breakfast in her hand. “Keshton, what exactly do you want to see in this footage?” Glen questioned in confusion. Keshton remained silent, his finger tapping on the table and his eyes fixed on Sibyl, who was happily eating a sandwich. Suddenly, a man wearing a black hoodie intentionally bumped into her. “Stop,” Keshton ordered. Glen immediately paused the footage. Keshton leaned forward, his eyes narrowing as he examined the scene closely. The man in the black hoodie appeared to be a
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- I Am Back
Driving smoothly, Keshton glanced over at Sibyl’s sleepy face. The refreshing breeze coming from in through. the window and the long, tiring day made it difficult for her to keep her eyes open. She had even struggled to keep up with their kissing earlier in the car, so Keshton decided to forgo s*x and drive her home instead. They had stopped briefly at his place so she could grab her wallet before heading to her home. However, as they approached the borders of the Eclipse Moon Pack, Keshton suddenly slammed on the brakes. The abrupt stop jolted Sibyl awake. First she looked at Keshton in confusion and then turned her gaze forward. There, in the distance, near a large banyan tree, stood Glen and Aries. Trace was on his knees, all their eyes were fixed on something in the tree. Sibyl’s hand flew to her mouth when she saw Stella hanging dead from the tree. Keshton immediately got out of the car and walked to the tree, followed by Sibyl, still in pure shock. All of
your life?” them stood there silently, staring at Stella’s lifeless body in disbelief. “Did you kick her out of Trace’s broken voice shattered the silence, his eyes fixed on Aries. “Trace, it’s clear that Stella has committed suicide. Aries has nothing to do with this,” Glen stepped forward to defend Aries, conversations between Aries and Trace always led to arguments and fights among the two friends when it came to Stella. “Yes, I kicked her out of my life,” Aries admitted, not meeting anyones eye. Trace’s expression darkened at Aries’s confession. He got to his feet and punched Aries in the face. “She was not your soulmate, Aries! She was nothing to you and you knew it the whole time! So why the hell did you kick her out when you knew she would die without you?!” he snapped. Glen rushed to control Trace as Aries refused to move a muscle or hit back, he just stared at Trace with a stoic expression. “She did not commit suicide,” Sibyl murmured, her words reaching the ears of all the men standing there. “What are you saying?” Glen and the others stopped, their attention now focused on Sibyl as Keshton followed her line of sight to the tree. Sibyl explained, “I understand that this large banyan tree has roots that are quite large that hang down, but Stella is not tall enough to reach the root that was used to hang her with. On top of that, her high heels were tossed far away from her body. It would have been impossible for her to hang herself unless someone far stronger strangled her with those roots and then tied it around her neck to make it look like a suicide.” As Sibyl pointed out the facts, everyone noticed those small details. They all knew how cowardly Stella was; a she–wolf like her would never commit suicide. Aries nodded, his eyes dark and contemplative. “Her purse and mobile phone are also missing,” he murmured. Keshton walked closer to the banyan tree, his keen senses trying to pick up any trace of the perpetrator. However, the only scent that lingered in the area was Stella’s, despite the recentness of the death. His eyes scanned the ground, noting the shoe marks imprinted in the soil. “Someone intentionally killed her right outside of my borders,” Keshton stated, his gaze flicking over the disturbed earth and the other faint traces left behind. Glen, Trace, and Aries turned their attention to Keshton, their expressions a mix of concern and determination. “Who would do this and why?” Glen asked, his voice tense. “Bring me the CCTV footage that I asked for earlier,” Keshton replied firmly. **** After sending Sibyl with a Warrior to drive. her home, Keshton entered his packhouse, where Glen, Aries, and Trace were already waiting for him in his office. “Play the footage,” Keshton commanded as he took a seat. Glen nodded as played the footage on the laptop, starting at the specific time Keshton had requested. Aries c****d his brows. “Why does this path look familiar? It’s the same path from Sibyl’s apartment to the strip club,” he remarked, just as Sibyl appeared on the screen, walking down the street with breakfast in her hand, “Keshton, what exactly do you want to see in this footage?” Glen questioned in confusion. Keshton remained silent, his finger tapping on the table and his eyes fixed on Sibyl, who was happily eating a sandwich. Suddenly, a man wearing a black hoodie intentionally bumped into her. “Stop,” Keshton ordered. Glen immediately paused the footage. Keshton leaned forward, his eyes narrowing as he examined the scene closely. The man in the black hoodie appeared to be a
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crucial piece of the puzzle. His deliberate actions and approach towards Sibyl were far from random, Rewind it a bit,” Keshton instructed, his tone precise. Glen complied, rolling the footage back to the moment just before the man bumped into Sibyl. Everyone’s eyes focused on the man who deliberately crushed Sibyl’s black glasses under his foot. “Who is he?” Trace murmured curiously. Keshton’s eyes shifted to the man in the hoodie holding Sibyl’s hand. “The one who killed Stella. The werewolf that is rising in the realm,” he said. Just as Keshton spoke, Sibyl walked away with her white cane, and the hood slipped off the man’s head. His dirty blonde hair appeared in the footage before he turned to face the camera and smiled at the CCTV. “Keshton, my friend. I am back.” “Joseph?” Glen, Trace, and Aries‘ eyes widened in shock at the familiar face. They all immediately looked at Keshton, whose face was as dark as the devil in hell.
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