Lady Lithoniel: SURPRISE! Because I'm in such a good mood I'm going to include a preview of my sequel to Perils!
Catherine swallowed heard as she stepped into the old house. The coppery stench of blood was thick in the air. Crimson splatters that adorned the walls told her of the gruesome murder. She finally arrived into the room where the body was found. Taking care not to step on the shards of broken glass from the window or the large blood pools, she moved to get a closer look at the body. It was totally mangled; the victim a tall muscular man, about six feet tall was barely recognizable. The chest had been torn open and the throat had been slashed so forcefully the head was almost severed and the face had been cut to bloody ribbons. Gil came in behind her.
"What do you think, some kind of animal attack?" she said quietly.
"The evidence will speak for itself." He said cryptically. Catherine smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Cryptic as always Gil! Well it had to be something big, look at the size of those slashes, mountain lion maybe?"
"Doubtfully, they're rare enough but in an urban area like this? Besides they look to big for a mountain lion to make."
"What's bigger then a mountain lion out here!? And don't you dare say what I think you're going to say!"
"Too bad, I'm only speculating, but I think we may have a werewolf problem."
"Shut up! It was bad enough last time when the werewolf was our friend" Catherine growled.
"Well we'll just have to wait for the evidence to make its conclusion…you still have Ashley's number and address don't you?"
"Never leave home without it."
"Good. We'll call her after the autopsy."
Just then the coroners came in and began loading up the body. Catherine and Gil opened their kits and began to process the scene.
"We'll just have to wait and see."
Suddenly off in the distance they heard a wolf howl shatter silence of the night.
"Gil?"
"Yes?"
"Maybe I should call Ashley as soon as we get back to the office?"
"Good call."