THE WOLFS HEART BEAT

EN-MESSIN

to be sure of who she thought she was seeing. Vicky turned around to confirm, and just then Dave turned around and their eyes locked for a brief moment. "What is he doing here?", Vicky asked turning back to face Maya. "I don't know. I'll go ask him. He's even got a chick with him", Maya said laughing and trying to stand up. Vicky stopped her. "Maya, sit please. I think its unwise to interrupt his date"."What do you mean 'unwise'? He's my brother. At least I have the right to know the girl he's with", Maya responded, squeezing her face like she just took a punch to the face. "Maya, let's act like he's not here. Besides, we came to talk, not meet Dave, okay?" Maya nodded and sat down. "Who were you looking at Dave?", Zinah asked. "I think we should leave", Dave responded. "Why, what's going on?", Zinah asked again, this time her voice pitched a bit. "Lower your voice, Zin. They will hear us and know it's you", Dave told her. "Who will hear us?""Vicky is sitting at the table behind us, and worse, he's with Maya"."What?! Why didn't you talk sooner? We need to leave now. We must not be seen together", Zinah said, putting on her veil to cover her face. They both stood up to leave. "Look, Vicky, they're leaving", Maya said. "You can talk to your brother at home Maya. Let's focus on what we came here for", Vicky answered. Maya peered at the lady with the veil. "Is she hiding from us? Why is she using her scarf to cover her face?", she thought out loud. "Maya, you're just being paranoid. Ignore it and let's eat", said Vicky."Wait, Dave. I forgot my purse at the table", said Zinah. "Well, hurry up and get it. Don't let them see your face", Dave told her. Zinah nodded' "wait here", she said."So, how do we find these demons? We need to get you out of this mess as soon as possible. We don't have much time to spare before they wage war against us", Maya asked still munching on her food. Vicky didn't say anything. "Do you think it's time we asked your parents about this? I think we've reached a dead end", she added. Vicky raised his head. "I think we should. We have no choice at the moment", he agreed.Just then, Zinah got to the table and overheard them discussing. She decided to hang around a bit to get more information. She decided to pretend to be tying her shoe laces while listening to what they discussed. "The forest where my mum was attacked, I need my mum to take me back there. We could find them there, maybe that's where they live", Vicky said. "We could also find out where the rest of them stay too. That's a good idea", Maya concurred."My only fear is that it would confirm my mum's fears about our friendship and she may not cooperate with us", Vicky said with a sigh of doubt. "Well, there's no harm in trial. Your dad may be of help if your mum doesn't help us", Maya stated. "I guess so. Let's finish our food so we can go to my house then", Vicky replied. "The forest huh?", thought Zinah. She looked towards Dave and smirked. Dave signaled to her to come quickly, but she seemed to be lost in her smirking spree. He had to call her cell phone to get her to snap out of it. When she made it to him, Dave asked her what she was smirking about. Zinah told him that they ha