They'll pay

SLADE POV

(BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE PACK)

Jude pointed overhead. "There's something over there, Alpha."

I shut my eyes, ignoring his words. "I see nothing. Now's not the time to joke. I'm famished and could pass out at any moment. I need a warm bath and my Luna's body as a welcome." Winter was on my mind, and I missed her. It hadn't even been forty-eight hours, but I couldn't wait to release the tension in my body by taking her to bed as soon as we arrived at the pack.

"The Luna's body can wait," Jude said. "She's not going anywhere, and there's something definitely there."

Jude climbed down from his horse and jogged forward. I did the same.

"It's a body; looks like it's been here for a week," he yelled.

I moved closer, wrinkling my nose as the strong scent of decay wafted toward me. "What rotting corpse is this?"

"Don't know," Jude said.

Squatting to examine the corpse, a frown etched on my face, Jude asked, "Do you have an idea who might have done this?"

I tuned out his voice and conc