Chapter 128: I'm back

"And one of them is Roel."

Lachlan abruptly stood up, slamming his hands against the tabletop, nearly breaking it into half in his anger.

"WHATTT??" he roared furiously.

"At this moment, Roel is here at the police station, giving his statements," Fergus answered gravely.

Lachlan immediately went out of his office and headed straight for the interrogation rooms.

Sensing their Chief's anger, most of the policemen wisely stood aside, not wanting to get splashed or hit by his wrath.

Inside one of the interrogation rooms, Roel sat quietly alone, looking quite undisturbed as he stared at the mirror in front of him. He knew the mirror itself was a two-way mirror where he could not see what was behind the mirror but those behind the mirror, could see everything he was doing.

Behind the mirror, stood Zant and three other policemen who were under his commands. He narrowed his eyes as he studied the shifter behind the mirror. He was feeling vexed that Roel remained quiet and did not even bother to acknowledge them.

Even after the policemen threatened him, he only looked at them quietly with disdain.

It has been nearly half an hour since they had left Roel inside the room.

Just as Zant was about to order one of the policemen to threaten Roel once more, the door to the room was slammed open, revealing Lachlan, looking very much furious.

He walked over to stand in front of Zant with his narrowed eyes.

Zant wasn't that tall, compared to the Police Chief that he had to look up a bit to look at him straight in the eye. "Oh, Chief, what brings you here?"

Lachlan scowled at him. "Are you seriously asking the Police Chief what he is doing in HIS interrogation room in HIS headquarters?" he asked sarcastically, stressing on the word, 'his'.

Zant let out an awkward laugh as he wiped his unseen sweat off his brows. Inside, he was cursing the man in front of him, peeved at his audacity to scold him in front of his subordinates.

"I was just joking, Chief," he awkwardly laughed again.

Lachlan turned to look at the mirror, where he could see Roel sitting back against his chair with a bored look on his face and asked, "What is he doing here? And who gave the permission to interrogate this man?"

Zant smiled as he rubbed his hands together, trying to appease to the Chief. "It was I, Chief. I led the investigation and found this man to be one of the suspects."

Lachlan stared down at the man in front of him and said mockingly, "The last time I checked that you were a mayor, albeit temporarily. And that this is under the police jurisdiction, which has nothing to do with the mayor office. And although you may have some power in this town, this is MY area under MY command. And for you to start an investigation, you would need to get a warrant from the police headquarters."

He then looked at the sniveling policemen who stood behind Zant and said, "And even if you have a warrant, this is the job of the policemen and I believed that I did not give any permission to start an investigation."

He turned back to Zant, who was burning in anger inside and continued, "The next time you wanted to do an investigation, it will have to go through me, the Police Chief. I do not care whether you have the people's support but this is MY headquarters and I do not appreciate someone intervening in MY jurisdiction."

Turning around where there were a couple of policemen who had followed him, he immediately ordered them to release Roel and the other people who had been detained for being a suspect.

After they had been released, Lachlan turned to Zant with his narrowed eyes and said, "Once again, I appreciate Mr. Zant's great spirit in trying to find the perpetrators in the attacks. But I would appreciate it more if you leave it to us while you stay in your office and help with Mr. Hilliard and his duties."

With that, he left the room with the rest of the policemen, leaving Zant alone with the policemen who were under his command, gritting his teeth in anger.

Back in his office, Lachlan immediately summoned Fergus. Once he had arrived, Lachlan then ordered him, "Put more men to follow that man!" by that man, he meant Zant.

"Yes, Chief!"

"What about the 'other thing'?" Lachlan asked mysteriously.

"It has been done. We would just need to wait for that day to come," Fergus replied.

"Good. You can go back to your duties," Lachlan dismissed.

"Yes, Chief!"

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Kraken Forest.

Hamish had shifted back and was now sitting in front of the stream, next to Noaz, who was still lying on his back, snoozing.

Hours had passed by and there had been nothing, other than waiting and waiting.

Erick had gotten so bored that he even managed to swim in the stream, wanting to pass the time.

They do not dare to go back lest they would get lost. Even if Erick had shown them the marks he had left behind, they do not want to risk the chance.

Erick was trying to start a fire as he was worried that the night would be cold when suddenly, he felt something stirring inside him. His eyes widened in surprise as he looked down at his chest. "Dane?" he said softly.

When he had whispered Dane's name, the other two shifters immediately turned to him.

Noaz quickly got up and walked over to Erick's side. "What's wrong?" he asked, a look of concern on his face.

Erick shook his head, not answering.

Just then, his eyes suddenly turned amber as his teeth began to grow.

Noaz looked shocked when he saw the sudden change in Erick's appearance. Hamish too looked surprised as he cautiously took a step forward in Erick's direction.

Shortly after, the shifting stopped and it appeared that only his face had changed. There were furs growing on his side of his face, making it look as if he had sideburns. His teeth had grown into fangs while his eyes changed to amber.

The nearly shifted Erick suddenly turned around and to Noaz and Hamish's surprise, they saw a white wolf standing across the stream. It was looking at them and from what they could see that it was nearly translucent. The wolf itself was bigger than a normal wolf but it was a bit smaller than a shifter. And as the two looked closer, they could see that it looked a bit like Dane.

Erick abruptly howled up to the sky and before Noaz and Hamish could realize what he was going to do, the former had jumped up and within seconds, he was already across the stream.

Standing before the white wolf, Erick and the latter looked at each other quietly.

Soon after, the two howled once more up to the sky at the same time, making them sound as if the howling came from a single entity.

And just as abruptly as Erick jumped across the stream, the white wolf suddenly jumped into Erick's body.

After the white wolf jumped inside Erick's body, the latter suddenly felt weak as he dropped down to his knees. He gritted his fangs, enduring the discomfort that was inside him. There were numerous kinds of pain he was suffering; prickling heat, stabbing piercing and more.

Although he ached, he was still able to hold on to his sanity as he managed to strip out of his clothes.

Both Noaz and Hamish had jumped across Erick and were surprised at this sudden scene happening in front of them. Before Noaz could say a word, Erick fully shifted into his wolf counterpart.

In mere seconds, a shifter stood in front of them. Dark mane shining against the pitch black surrounding but the white streak that started from his mane to his back looked more pronounced and it began to spread even more. Before, it was only one long white streak, however, now it furl out, nearly covering his whole mane, leaving his front body, legs and head pitch black.

Noaz and Hamish's eyes widened in shock. It seems that, compared to before, Dane had now become bigger than before. He could even probably be bigger than Briven, Noaz's wolf counterpart.

Dane slowly turned around, facing the two shocked shifters and said, "I'm back."