Chapter 207: Not A Random KId, Officer

OLLIE A man lay sprawled on the concrete about ten feet away from where I'd been unconscious. His eyes were wide open in a silent scream, and there were claw marks across his chest that looked like they'd been made by something with very large, very sharp claws. Blood had pooled around him and then trailed off toward a dark alley, as if someone or something had been dragged away after being wounded.   I backed away from the corpse, my heart hammering against my ribs. The blood trail led into shadows so deep I couldn't see where it ended. Someone had survived whatever fight had happened here, but they'd been hurt badly enough to leave a trail like that. Was it Riley? Was my brother somewhere in those shadows, bleeding and alone? I wanted to follow the trail, but I was too scared to go into that dark alley by myself. What if whoever had killed this man was still there? What if they decided I was a threat too? Instead, I made my way back into the building, searching for a phone or some ot