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oing to like

t voice, I turned to see Margot standing there, her face pallid in the drab light of the morning dawn, her stance rig

rted, "You said you were done with

er head. "I wanted you to stay out o

oods all became entangled in my mind like a tangled knot that I was unable to unrav

n to me, Leah." "You're on the verge of something from

. They are being killed by somethi

must seek beyond what your eyes can perceive if you want

an anything one of us could say, even though I

nto the woods. I'm te

harsh, frightened cry. The hairs on my arms sprang up as t

sound. "That's from the woods," I answ

arm, her grasp s

shouts became more desperate and louder. Som

Margot was yelling something behind me, but I cou

the undergrowth, my ears thumping with every step as I dashed more into the forest. My breath was

Not now. Not when someon

urve in the trail. My bl

ged itself through the ground and tore it up. The earth was black

ody f

ngles. The attire suggested that the guy was in his forties, but his face was unrecognizable-he was contorted

was unable to take my eyes off the wide gash in his chest, wh

r a wolf. This was

fabric with my fingertips. I heard a twig break behind me at that same mome

g was

taking the sense. I

Joe needed to know about this, so I had to phone him to warn him. Howe

erson. Or something posing as a human, anyhow.

reated while attempting to maintain my cool. It was la

omething held me in place even though my intellect begged me to go. Th

I felt. He walked too naturally, too fluidly. It appeared as if he wasn't quite

be pierced through me by

of my lips. The air around me was thick

ine becoming clearer as it emerged o

cl

ruded from the figure's hands. No guy was there

legs stopped under me. My body resisted moving,

xed its gaze on me. It sent out a deep hiss that sounded like a snak

ere hu

imply a human one. It was recogni

ha

aught. "Eth

er step forward, his gaze unwavering, tha

e before I could respond. I whirled around, hoping that someo