<span style="font-style: italic">"What happened to him?"</span>Cody was startled at the words that Selena had spoken. Her soft hand on his shoulder was enough to still his anger but his tears of rage never ended. He felt lost without Derek , and his heart hurt as if his own sister had died with him. His hands ran over Derek's hair , and the tears that fell down his cheek were hot, and sticky. Why? Was all he could say. There was nothing more he could do. But the pain felt endless.<br/><br/>The crowd around him hung there heads, or laid curled up in a ball if they were in wolf form. The sun hung in the sky like a giant fireball, and his backyard seemed to be alight by the beautiful flowers that decorated the yard. However, the yard was completely packed and wolves and people still cluttered the front yard. It was unusual for the pack to see a death. Ever since Cody was made pack leader death's were uncommon, and injuries were way more often.<br/><br/>His eyes scanned Derek's now pale body from head to toe. Dried blood littered down his neck, and claw marks were marked at almost every vital are that he had. Including places that most men would cry if they were just kicked there. He heaved a sigh as his hands balled into an even harder fist, and his nails began to draw blood -dripping onto the bright green grass seeming to stain his yard forever.<br/><br/>"I think." He gulped. His throat was dry from all his crying, and sadly he was pretty sure he failed as a leader. Crying in front of his pack just showed weakness, and he was not weak but this showed otherwise. "The culprit for Derek's death was simply a vampire." He stood up then shrugging off Selena's hand to turn and face Selena. He touched her cheek with his hand that was blood, and leaned in to kiss her straight on the lips.<br/><br/>Then he turned to face the group like a true leader. "I will not let his death be in vein, and as far as a beta goes. There will be no replacement until his death has been replaced. We are hunting a vampire...possibly a vampire clan. With this i advice everyone to stay alert throughout the night, and possibly even the daytime. I will make it my job personally to get revenge." His eyes lit up with anger for only a moment then dulled back down just as fast. " I will also chat with the other pack to see if they know how Derek got in this situation. If i am wrong about the culprit than by god...we are in danger." He turned back to Selena and grabbed her hand to walk away from the pack as with the other hand he waved the signal to clean up the body.<br/><br/>He led her in through the kitchen door, and walked over to the sink and rinsed his bloodied hand. Not saying a word as he waited for Selena to speak.