Chapter 224 - 215: Missing other supernatural beings

Erick frowned as he continued to look around him.

"You're here."

Erick whirled around to see Bastian standing behind him, with one hand in his pocket and another waving.

He was still the same blonde blue-eyed shifter, though, his build was larger, compared to when he was a teenager. There was a small nick of a wound near his wrist, probably from the time when he was kidnapped by Rehan and Krys. He has that mature air that surrounds him, looking different from when he was still in high-school. He also has that little telltale of crow's feet at the corner of his eyes, indicating that he was someone who loves to laugh.

Erick growled dangerously at him underneath his breath. He then looked around him, with a look of disdain on his face and said, "Seriously, why did you have to invite me here?"

Despite the cleanliness of the diner, it still looked a bit dodgy for Erick, especially when he saw the types of customers that came there

Bastian placed an arm around Erick's shoulder and led him to a booth where he had been sitting earlier. "Because people that we know would never come here and we can have our private conversation without anyone eavesdropping on us."

Erick rolled his eyes. Why did he have to make it sound like they were having a secret affair? And even so, he could have at least looked for another place to meet up.

Inside the booth, there were several papers laid on top of the table, together with several plates filled with stacks of burgers and fries. After the two had settled down in their seat, a waitress came by at their table. Seeing that there was still some food on the table, the waitress assumed that they had enough.

She was about to turn back around when Erick said, "I haven't ordered anything."

The woman looked startled as she looked down at their table, her eyes asking, 'what about these?'

Knowing what her eyes were asking, Bastian immediately answered, "These are mine. I'm not sharing them with him."

The waitress could feel black lines going down her forehead as she stared at the two men in front of her in disbelief. Despite their good looks, she did not expect them to be such a bottomless pit.

She did not have time to think as she mechanically wrote the names of the foods that Erick had shot off. The way the latter had listed out what he wanted was like a machine gun shooting bullets non-stop.

One could see how tired the waitress looked after she had taken all of Erick's order as she made her way to the kitchen to place his order, looking a bit fatigued.

After the waitress had left, Erick turned to Bastian, who was currently eating a burger while reading a paper. "So, have you waited long?" he asked. "Is it fine for you to come here during office hours?"

Bastian shrugged. "It's all good," he replied nonchalantly. "I have a meeting with the local school here anyway." Bastian currently works as a high school football coach at Port Robston Bay. Since he loved football, he decided to share his experiences as an ex-football player after being awarded with a sport science degree.

Erick nodded. He then asked, "So, what do you have?"

Instead of answering him, Bastian just slid the paper towards him.

Erick wordlessly picked the paper up. And when he saw what was written on it, his eyebrows raised in surprise. "Seriously?" he asked, looking at Bastian.

Bastian took a sip of his milkshake before nodding.

Although Bastian was a coach, he also owns a private investigation company. He decided to open up the company after he had heard about the mysterious disappearance of Rehan and Harding. He had heard a lot from both Erick and Hamish and thought it was quite suspicious. He was not satisfied at how the duo disappeared, hence he spent most of his free time, trying to find clues about them.

After ten years of no news about them, it made him feel more cautious and sceptical. He shared his concerns with Erick, who surprisingly has the same thoughts as him. Apparently, Erick, too, had been busy investigating their disappearance all these years.

And knowing his brother, Harding, Dane, too, agreed that they must be plotting something.

Even though it has been ten years since they last saw the duo, one shouldn't be so laid back and underestimating them. In fact, they should be very cautious and wary. With this long gap of years of not knowing what had happened to them, it must be something big.

Hence why Erick was suspicious about the involvement of the man who was killed at the alley. According to Bastian's sources, the man, who was dubbed as 'Suspect A' by Erick, he was a man from a town not far from Port Robston Bay. He currently lives at Port Robston Bay due to 'work'. Although he was a human being, it was further found that he usually frequents at a bar where most shifters hang out.

He seemed chummy with some of the shifters there, who were not from the Cesaro pack, but rather from outside the town pack. These shifters usually visit Port Robston Bay before continuing their journey to other places because the town was like a centre.

The Cesaro pack don't take much notice of the packs from outside because the latter usually don't cause any trouble… until recently.

Hence why Bastian immediately took notice of them and started to dig further in. He noticed that just a couple of weeks ago, suspect 'A' started to visit Burkendall Town quite frequently. As for the reason why, he can't be sure yet. The strangest thing was that he wasn't alone too.

So where was the other person when suspect 'A' was found dead at the alley?

Erick told Bastian about how suspect 'A' had died and the latter was surprised.

Few minutes later, Bastian suddenly realized something and showed Erick another report that he had taken note of.

Erick skimmed through the report and his eyes widened as he read it.

He looked up at Bastian and said, "You're not joking with me, aren't you?"

Bastian shook his head grimly. "I'm not joking. I told you how our town welcomes just about anything… and when I say, anything, I meant, other supernatural beings."

"Have you met them before?"

Bastian shrugged. "Quite a few." His face then turned solemn. "Though, the other day, my team told me that there were some reports of other supernatural beings being missing."

"Other supernatural beings?" Erick repeated, looking curious.

Bastian nodded. "Vampires."