~Serena~

I patiently waited until Declan’s retreating footsteps were out of my shifter's earshot. Bulky guy slumped on the cold basement floor before me, trembling with a broken nose and bloody face.

“You killed him,” he croaked, his eyes blown wide with unfathomable fear as he absorbed the fate of his dead friend. “What… what are you?”

I sneered at him and went towards his third companion, who was still unconscious. Bulky guy watched me with fearful eyes as I dragged the guy’s ...