The scouts around me nod in unison, but don't say much else. I still see the same worried looks in their gazes, my words were nothing more than words. No one will feel safe until the threat is over.
We all turn when we hear the sound of incoming footsteps, too loud and noisy to be a predator.
"Brother," Roman huffs as he runs over to me, "I heard they found blood, is it her's?"
I nod my head. "That's not all."
Roman stops when he catches the stench, almost tripping over his feet from it. He lifts his nose towards the sky, sniffing the air around us, and his eyes go wide with the realization of it.
"No,"
"We need to inform the pack." I say.
"Brother," he pauses, "they don't have her, do they?"
The dread in my gut sinks further, eating me from the inside out. Roman paces anxiously an
