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"I want to speak to the witness," the Detective declared.
"Well," Keri smoothed a few wrinkles on her shirt by pulling it down, "I'm in the middle of a questions session with my pack; you'll have to wait."
She turned around and faced the crowd again, speaking a bit louder so they could hear her.
"Anything else would you'd like to know? Yes?" She pointed to the woman who held Jizelle by the hand.
"What steps have you taken to assure our safety?"
"For now it's just the extra people we have in the field," the Alpha began, "but I'll be sending replacements out in an hour or so. After that, I'm summoning the Council so we could discuss a new defence strategy and come up with a new patrol schedule; the intruder might have had a lucky break, but it's more likely that they know about our current one. Anyone else?"
Her eyes ran over the crowd until they settled on perhaps the only person who wasn't clutching anyone else - a woman of around forty years of age and with brown hair.
"Aunt Olivia?"
"And you will be sending extra patrols out there on other days as well? Not only today?"
"Of course." The Alpha nodded. "Jared?"
"How long are we going to be absent from school?"
"Yeah, I have a date," Kennedy butted in and while a few of the shifters laughed, others shook their heads at how carefree he sounded; Keri was amongst those who'd smiled and Detective Callum's bushy eyebrows knitted as he frowned, crossing his arms over his chest.
"If we don't catch them, you'll stay on Silver Bullets ground for the rest of the week and after that, you'll have your parents and other members of the pack drive you to school."
A round of loud protest burst from the teenage part of their society. Keri gave them a couple of minutes to vent out with their protests then raised her hands to silence them.
"Your safety is our primary concern, not how many cool points you'll lose by having mommy or daddy drive you to school. Not negotiable." She made a pause to see if anyone would dare to protest; none did. "Any more questions?"
No hands were raised.
"Then you are dismissed. I'll contact the Council when I have a set time for the meeting."
The masses dawdled through the door. It took them over five minutes to empty the premises. The only ones left were Rhys who held me in place, Keri, the pub owner's family and the Detective.
"You had an intruder and yet you let that kid joke about a date?" Callum's gruff voice broke the silence. "Not very respect-inducing, is it?"
"His name is Kennedy and it was his way to lighten the mood," Keri replied calmly. "I assure you, he realizes this is a serious matter."
"I hope he does. So which one is my witness?" He pointed to me and then Ivan.
"Your witness?" Keri raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow.
"If that wolf was one of your kind, it could be the murderer in my investigation. My investigation, my witness." The man stressed. "Is it this one?" He nodded towards me. "He looks too weak to be one of you; no muscle mass at all."
"Riley is not weak," Rhys growled and stepped before me. I squeezed his hand and gently pulled him back before he jumped on the Detective.
"That's me, Sir." I had no idea why I felt the need for a formal address; perhaps it was because this man inspired a sense of awe in me.
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