A Werewolf's Promise (Scarwood Chronicles #1)

Chapter 17: CSI Ain't Got Nothing On Us

"Knight? That one of your friends?" Wendy looked at the two, eyebrow raised.

"Yes," Rosa said, before turning to Sugar, perhaps not quite believing that Knight could ever get himself some enemies with how friendly he was, "you sure that's his?"

"I's his roommate, of course I would know." Sugar said with a frown. There could be no way that potion bottle could fall out of the window accidentally. Firstly, the liquid and the bottle fell separately, and second thing, Sugar had the bed next to the window, so there would be no reason for his potion to ever be close to the window. This was sabotage.

"And there is no way that potion could fall out unless someone messed with it. We need to go investigate," Sugar said, looking to Rosa, waiting for her repsonse.

"Since when were you so eager to do anything?" she said, unable to stop herself from making a quick jab at him, "but I agree. We have to see what's going on."

Her furrowed brow made it clear that Rosa was also concerned about this new turn of events. But as the two were about the farewell the second-years, and get their project done later, a voice cut in.

"Hey, let's not be too rash here." Wendy said, as calm and collected as ever. "If your friend is really having their stuff tampered with, the people who did it might still be up there. And who's to know if they're dangerous or not?"

"Yeah, stuff like this doesn't usually happen. There are pranks, but medicine is always off-limits! That's the unspoken rules... but what if it's the same person who took Cynthia?" Jayden said in a hushed, almost afraid tone, "I mean, it probably isn't, but... y'know."

Even though he tried to shrug off the suggestion, as soon as he heard the words, Sugar was certain: this definitely had something to do with that girl's disappearance and that werewolf prowling around the school.

"The werewolf..." Rosa muttered, seemingly having the same thought.

"The what now?" Jayden said, sounding very confused, "I thought they lived in the... what do you call them? Reserves? Wendy, what's going on?"

"A werewolf, huh?" Wendy mused, ignoring her friend's voice, leaving Jayden to stew in his questions for a little longer, "Where'd you hear that?"

Sugar wasn't quite sure how to reply to that question. He was sure Miss Nightblood would not appreciate it being spread around, especially since it might be misinformation, but Rosa chomped at the bit to talk with Wendy.

"A werewolf might be the one responsible for kidnapping the girl! The Peace Sorcerers found scratch marks on the trees around where she disappeared from, as well as drops of blood. And there's this rumour going around about this werewolf in our year, but who knows if that's true."

"Mmh, foul play definitely took place then. I thought as such. I heard some third-years talking, and Cynthia had no reason to run away, as far as they could tell. To think a magical creature is involved though, and that it might be coming after other students, this is definitely gonna to fuel a hell of a fire among everybody." she said with a sigh, "And to think that you'd still want to go investigate after learning all that." Wendy sighed. "I certainly admire your bravery, but..."

"You're gonna need backup. There's no way you guys can go up alone. You don't nearly have enough magical prowess for this kind of stuff." Wendy said with a determined look in her eyes.

Rina nodded.

"If Wendy is the one saying you should exercise caution, then it's really—"

"And we'd be glad to help." Wendy quickly added with a grin.

At her words, Jayden opened his mouth, about to protest, but soon gave up, perhaps sensing that getting his friend to change her mind would be near impossible. However, Rina was much more willing to speak their mind.