Betrayed By My Doomed Mate

CHAPTER 13 - JUST QUESTIONS

The next day, everyone was already at work, trying to digest everything that had happened in the last few days. Kurt had not yet said anything more about Jack and Cassie, but he would when he had the chance.

Sighing, without knowing what to think about it all, the boys got to work. They had a lot on their minds, dealing with their transformations, their lack of information and now with dead wolves mysteriously appearing, not to mention Josh's constant demands.

A few hours later, all the major stories in town were reporting the appearance of the dead wolves in the company and returning to talk about the murder, as well as Cassie's first statements. The statements were the only thing that connected the two cases. Up to that point, no one knew the cause of death yet. Jack, Kurt, and even Cassie were keeping an eye on all the matters. They needed to understand the danger that surrounded them, and she needed answers to the trauma.

The first analysis by the security team revealed that nothing very strange had happened, except for a few seconds of pure darkness, before the next second already revealed the wolf corpses. There was no way someone could drop all the wolves in a matter of seconds, especially without anything showing up on camera. They had no explanation, but the footage was collected. They had spent the last hour discussing and checking the footage with the environmental police.

In the room where he worked, Kurt had already edited most of the remaining photos of the wolves, and Jack was just waiting for the manifestation from security to finish the story and forward it to Sasha.

It was almost 6 PM when Kurt turned off his computer and joined Jack to pack up some pending things from the almost exhausting work routine. In the corridors of the company, the subject of wolves was still frequent, but less so than hours before.

While they watched all the movement in the corridors and longed for the emotions they hated to feel. Jack confessed that he wasn't feeling anything different. A few minutes later, Kurt confirmed that he didn't feel anything either, and they concluded that given the schedule they wouldn't change that day, which allowed them to stay in the company to finally look at the room where the murders had occurred. During the day, it was difficult to see the place because Josh limited access completely.

After work, the two of them waited for everyone to leave and went to the room. The yellow banners indicating that it was off-limits were already present at the door. They peeled off enough of the banners so that they could get through. As they entered the room, there was a lot of blood on the floor and an odor in the air. For a few seconds, Jack shivered and thought he was transforming, but Kurt comforted him by saying it was the smell of the room itself. Wolf smell. The smell of wolves, a weaker odor was present, probably from the black wolf. They had not yet commented on the whole matter. Who was this wolf? Where would he be?

“They haven't released the cause of death of the others yet,” Kurt commented. “Do you have any guesses?” he asked.

“I have no idea. The footage is very strange. Anyway, we are men who turned into wolves. I believe many things now,” Jack mentioned, walking around the room and noticing. “That didn't happen accidentally,” he said.

“What are you talking about?” asked Kurt, also walking around the room, “What is that?” He asked, bending down on the floor, and picking up something that looked like a balloon.

Jack, seeing the act, immediately took it from his partner's hand and threw it on the floor. “That was it. What was inside that made me change, Kurt. When you arrived, the smell was already all over it, so you changed too,” he said. “We'd better get out of here, there might be something in the air still,” he said.

“You shouldn't be here,” said the voice of the newcomer. It was Josh, standing in the doorway. “End of business hours means to leave. Jack, I know what you were up to yesterday, be prepared for when the police come after you again. Kurt, get out of here too,” the superior warned, still standing in the doorway. Jack and Kurt looked at each other and started to leave the room, “Just a reminder that we will soon have new additions to the team, because of all this,” he finished. They both left the room and Josh glued the tapes back together.

Already outside the work environment. “Do you think he heard anything?” asked Kurt, “What if he did?” he asked, worried.

“Do you think anyone would associate something like that with the supernatural? I don't think so,” he said. Kurt was forced to agree with his partner.

Already in the hallway of his apartment, Jack found the figure of Cassie standing in his doorway. “Cassie?” he asked. She turned and gave a smile.

“I thought we'd eat together. Talk,” she said, holding out a bag.