Jayden’s POV

“It had better be for a good reason that you pulled me out of that”, I said, giving Eric a playful rib jab, but he kept a straight face.

“We found a trail”, Eric said, his voice cold and distant.

What was wrong? I was starting to get worried, Eric was rarely ever this way.

“Where did the trail lead?”

“It led to the outskirts of folk towns, but suddenly, it disappeared”.

“Disappeared?” I asked, puzzled.

Eric and the white brothers were helping me investigate Eric's hideout.

“We caught his scent and his footprint, but it stopped at a point and did not lead forward or backward”, Eric...