37 Encounter 2 (2/2)

Max extend his arm to a handshake. Corinne felt it was bit childish, nonetheless, she shook his hand.

”I think...” Suddenly Max stopped whatever he was trying to say. he turned over to his back looking strangely. there was nothing other than crumbling wall and few rusty machines.

”What is it? did you hear something?” Corinne asked confused about Max's strange behavior.

”No...nothing, I think we should go, there is nothing more to see,” Max said smiling, he acted somewhat mysteriously.

Corinne wanted to know the reason for his smile, but decide to ignore the young Alpha's strange behaviors.

”Alright, give your contact information, I will call you”

”How about this, I parked my car bit way from here, I will give you a ride. while we at it you can tell me who did this. I noticed you flinched when you saw that marks”

Corinne dumbfounded when Max said that. even, she herself didn't notice her own changes.

”Very observant, how about you tell me your reason for sniffing around and after that, I will tell you”

For a moment Max almost choked his own saliva. his brain started work furiously, making a believable story to present. next moment he came up with a rather convincing story.

”Ok, let's walk, I will tell you”

Both of them easily avoid the patrolling cops and made their way toward Max's car. for some reason Corinne never mentioned how she came here in the first place. Max didn't ask either, he thought maybe she used Uber to get over here. that wasn't important, what important was making a convincing back story.

His story was like this, a few days ago one of his Beta was killed. surprisingly his head wasn't anywhere to find. so when Max heard the same kind ammo involve in this murders he drove here. he wanted to avenge his Beta, which was first and only one he had.

Max tried his best to show some emotions when he telling the story. he knew wolves deeply care about their Betas and try to bring it out. although it wasn't as intense as they care for their Luna, nonetheless, emotions are there.

Naturally, Corinne asked a few questions. but Max was able to answer them without harming the current investigation. finally when Max started to drive back toward Portland Corinne began to narrate down her hypothesis and bit history about the supernatural world.