Nita's mind was filled with questions that she did not have the answers to, at least at this very moment.
However, she did not let this setback burden her as she turned around and chose to focus on her investigation once again.
Setting aside her thoughts about the discrepancy with the bloodstains, she turned her attention to the car.
His preferences had not changed in the years she had been away from home.
White had always been her brother's favorite color and even the car he drove was in the color he liked.
Now staring at the white car, she noticed how the hood was raised as it had rammed into the tree trunk at a high speed.
As Nita stepped close to the car, through the window, she scanned the interior part of the vehicle, which had been modified according to Detrim's preferences.
The car was left unlocked by the cops who had investigated it so Nita was able to open the back door of the car with ease.
She was wearing gloves so she had no worries about contaminating the crime scene with her fingerprints.
Hence, as the Tuskar brothers watched, Nita elegantly slid into the backseat of the car, which had rammed into the tree trunk.
It was impossible to sit in the front seat, either the driver's or the passenger's, since there was glass scattered all over those seats from the broken front window and they had no legroom since the front portion of the car had been impacted the most in the accident.
Therefore, she chose the backseat and sat in the car, diligently scanning the insides.
The cops had done a good job of clearing out the contents of the car for their investigation as she could not find any trace of Detrim's personal belongings in there.
'They must have sent it to the forensic lab for testing...' She deduced and hence did not focus too much on why the car was emptied out.
Instead, she scanned the interior of the car for traces of the attacker, wondering if they had rummaged through the car after attacking Detrim.
While Nita was not a tracker, which implied that her ability to sense smells wasn't as strong as other trackers, she most certainly did have a heightened sense of smell just like other vampires.
Therefore, as she sat in the seat right behind the driver's, her nostrils flared up when she caught a whiff of a scent that did not belong to her brother.
"Jodie!" She yelled out the name of the only tracker present in the trio and saw his shoulders flinch as he stood outside the car.
Signaling him to join her, she pushed the car door open and scooted over to the next seat, making sufficient room for him to get inside.
She did not have to wait for too long as both Rowan and Jodie came over, taking seats on either side of her inside the car.
Jodie was now in Nita's previous position, whereas Rowan got into the car from the other side, resulting in Nita being squished between the two brothers in the backseat.
While Detrim's car was spacious, it wasn't big enough for the three of them to be comfortable in the backseat.
After all, both Jodie and Rowan were huge in stature, which made Nita groan in annoyance as the two big men had squeezed themselves into this now seemingly small space.
Rowan let out an awkward chuckle as Nita had only called for Jodie, but not wanting to miss out on any new findings about his best friend, he too had hurriedly gotten into the backseat of the car.
Now that he was here, he did not wish to step out, even if it meant that Nita would be uncomfortable for the next few moments.
"What is it?" Jodie, who had been called in first, inquired as he stared at the blank face of his cousin, whose eyes were fixed on the back of the driver's car seat.
"What do you smell?" Nita asked, circling her finger around the car in which they now sat.
Not wanting to remain squeezed in this place any longer, Jodie hurriedly complied with her and shut his eyes.
Following his usual procedure while tracking someone, he calmed his other senses by slowing down his heart rate.
Once he had done so, he suddenly took in a deep breath and held it in him for over thirty seconds.
These thirty seconds inside the car were spent in absolute silence as the other two did not wish to interrupt Jodie's tracking process.
Each tracker had their own way of working, so Rowan and Nita did nothing to disturb Jodie while he was in this focused state.
Once Jodie was done, he opened his eyes and turned towards Nita.
"Apart from Cousin Detrim and us, I can smell twelve other scents in this car." He revealed his findings with a smug look on his face, displaying that he was just as good a tracker as he had claimed earlier.
The cops who were investigating the crime scene, the police forensic department, the Valken family guards, and the Valken family Head - Uri Valken, were the names he listed out to Nita in quick succession.
These were the individuals who were either in or around the car in the last three days.
Nita ignored that smug face of his and rolled her eyes when she realized that he had skipped something, or rather, someone.
In one swift move, she grabbed onto Jodie's neck and shoved his head forward until his nose was snug against the back of the driver's seat.
Her hold on his neck was too sudden and tight for Jodie, who had not expected her to attack him out of nowhere.
Therefore, he began struggling to get away from her grasp but despite his numerous attempts, he failed to free himself from her.
"Brother!" He yelled out to his brother, asking for his help to get out of this crazy demoness's grasp.
Rowan was stunned to see the peaceful interaction between the cousins turn into a wrestling match in a matter of mere seconds.
However, as he had been tasked by the Clan Head, he would ensure that the two of them did not quarrel with each other.
Therefore, he leaned forward and hurriedly grabbed onto Nita's hand that was holding Jodie in place against the car seat before him.
The moment his hand came in contact with her arm, Nita felt a shiver run down her spine, which made her loosen her grasp on Jodie's neck.
In the next second, without caring for the breathless Jodie, she turned to glare at the man sitting on her other side.
Rowan had only intended to set his brother free from Nita's grasp, and to do so, he had held onto her wrist with the thought of pulling her away from Jodie.
However, in his haste, he had unintentionally grabbed the part of her wrist that was neither covered by her sleeve nor her glove.
The moment his palm came into direct contact with her pale skin, he felt as though a bolt of lightning had passed through her and into him.
Even before he could decipher what had just happened, he saw how Nita had released Jodie and had turned in his direction.
With her eyes narrowed dangerously, she glared at him as though he had committed the vilest crime against her.
"Don't ever touch me!" She snarled out in a low voice, startling both Rowan and Jodie.
In the past, Nita would simply ignore Jodie despite his numerous attempts to annoy her.
At best, she would avenge herself by beating him up under the guise of a sparring match during their mandatory training sessions as teens.
On the other hand, Rowan had only seen the silent and obedient side of Nita whenever he came to spend time with Detrim in the past.
However, this was over nine years ago and it appeared that the silent and obedient girl from back then had now transformed into a strong and mature young woman.
"I'm sorry, I did not mean to..." Rowan was the first to break the silence as he, under no circumstances, had any intentions of offending this little cousin of his.
He did not have any sisters, so he had always treated her as his own sibling and had no thoughts of being rude to her by touching her just now.
It was just that her arm was far from him and he had simply grabbed her wrist without giving it too much thought.
Nita snapped out of her anger when she saw the earnest look in his eyes and felt that she too had gone overboard just now.
"I'm sorry too... I just don't like people touching me..." She revealed in a soft whisper as she rubbed the part of her wrist that Rowan had just touched.