Moonbound Secrets

braver t

dropped my notepad. I spun around and was confronted

out of stone. His eyes, however, were what really got my attention; they were a startlingly bright shade of green

my heart thumping

houldn't be here," in a smooth, low

ranches that resembled secrets. I answered, "It's just

uttered something very foolish. He

he forest embraced him in a manner that it never would for me, a

his head slightly. He said sim

rough me. "How are y

lverpine quickly. particularly when a new

in. I crossed my arms in an attempt to find some

eyes darting from mine to the thicket of tree

n acting as if I've entered a horror film ever since I arrived. No

d through his hair and moaned. He said, "It's not just the house." It encompasses

meant b

to the forest before he could respond. Caleb's head wh

m for debate, he replied ste

at?

re than a whisper a

fication. The deep, guttural growl that had plagued me the previous

a few feet away one second, and then he was in front of me, his bo

e spoke gently and steadily, saying

mach. "Whatever happe

omething moving-silver fur, the gleam o

With a shaky voi

withdrew a knife from his jacket,

he commanded in a

It had a huge physique, with muscles rippling under fur that glistened strangely in the last

red to himse

sharp and strange to be from this planet. I felt

ce, "Lila, stay no matter

squarely between me and the beast,

nd furious in a manner that

it was taking his order into account. However, i

d at the creature's side, his knife blazing. It swung its claws peril

acing. Caleb's actions were smooth and accurate, as if he had done this a hundred times before.

roke through my inert

woodland fading behind me. Behind me, the snarls and growl

to the edge of the trees. The mansion towered ab

back toward the forest, but the trees were

cognizable symbol: a circle with ragged lines extending outward, li

t hadn't

me as I peered at it: whatever I had

ttural snarl. With my heart pounding, I slowly turned