The rain started in the midday. The blood slowly washed down his face. Xander's darting eyes looked sidelong at a wizened face. He stood in the rain and ignored the pack around him.
"Xander come inside," Sandra suggested.
She placed her arm over his shoulders. He wasn't complying to move an inch.
An older beta riled up a few wolves including Manny and Jamal, "Boys let's go back to the woods and find her body," he ordered. Xander's eyes were stricken, "You shall do no such thing Eric," Xander snapped.
They were eager to search for Catherine's body but Xander was strongly against it. He wouldn't want them to find someone who wasn't missing.
"It would be hard to find a scent in the wet soil anyway."
"Maybe tomorrow?' Eric asked. "Her scent will be fresh in the air."
Xander grabbed Eric and pushed him against the fountain, "Are you deaf beta?" he groaned.
Eric submitted himself on the ground, "No Alpha," he said.
