I patted Kenjii and she shifted until her full hundred pounds of German shepherd rested squarely on my feet. When I tried to wriggle away, she moved closer and pinned my legs. I sighed and glanced at Daniel. He was staring out the window, fingers drumming. I twisted to look at the others. Daniel ...
He said that Malcolm had come by earlier that day, as they knew. He wanted Stokes’ help, though of course, he claimed he was “offering him an opportunity.” Stokes played along. Malcolm needed money. He’d mooched some from Stokes already, but he was smart enough to see the income stream wouldn’t ...
Now that I’d won him an audience, he wasn’t leaving until they did. I began to wonder whether he’d notice if I left. Maybe I could slip away, conduct a little self-guided tour… Douglas put his arm around my waist and leaned into me, as if to take some of the weight off his...
Shallow pools of mud filled the bottoms of the prints he’d left behind. Many prints. He’d been hunting all night. He walked under a dead pine and saw the moon in the empty space above. Not full, but close enough. He resisted the urge to call to it. His stomach growled. Sal...
The closest city is Syracuse. According to the GPS in Jeremy’s SUV, Westwood was almost an hour west of that, off a regional highway. We’d been driving for about thirty minutes when the snow started falling again and the radio announcer declared another blizzard was set to hit before nightfall. “...
And hard enough that people looked over, which stopped me like a bucket of ice water. The cardinal rule of being on the run: don’t call attention to yourself. Across the food court, the guy was still talking to Chloe. I could see now that Tori wasn’t there. Just Chloe. And a stranger. “Chloe is n...
Daniel said when we were away from Moreno. “It fit with what I read in the cabin, though. It’s starting to come together but—” Barking erupted in the forest. A very deep, very familiar, very loud bark. “Kenjii!” Daniel said. I broke into a run. Daniel kept pace behind me. As I ran, I mentally cur...