Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: Witch Moon by McGannon D.C. & McGannon C. Michael

Author:McGannon, D.C. & McGannon, C. Michael [McGannon, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Wyvern's Peak Publishing
Published: 2013-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

They followed the red serpent as it slithered through the wolves’ den, eyesight slowly adjusting to see more than just the scarlet line in front of them. A great, breathing heat blew into their faces and sucked at their hair from deep inside the cave. There were other tunnels that branched off, of course, but not many, and the serpent never turned into any of them. Most were silent, but a few rang with the drip, drip sound of water collecting in underground chambers.

There was a howl from a side tunnel, causing the three young Hunters to startle. They stood there frozen, like a child caught sneaking into the kitchen at night, heartbeats hammering on their eardrums.

It was only after several moments, when no wolves appeared, that Charlie realized Aisling had grabbed onto his arm. She didn’t let go as he kept moving forward, shivering with a fear that was real.

Out of the corner of his eye, Charlie saw Lisa’s cocked eyebrow. Her arms were crossed.

“What?” he mouthed.

Lisa just shook her head and stepped in front of him. To keep up with the witch’s snake, of course.

Charlie bit back a sigh.

They had been moving forward for so long that when the snake did change course, they almost didn’t see it. It sped back the way they had come, forcing the Hunters to run after it.

They understood what it meant, the snake retreating so fast. Aisling felt like she was suffocating, struggling to keep any air in her lungs. All that they could do was try and run as quietly as possible.

The snake made a sharp turn left, and they followed. It kept on going into the darkness, disappearing. Charlie and Lisa gasped as their feet plunged into cold water, Aisling yelped. They slid on the wet, moss-covered stone and fell completely under water.

It took all of Charlie’s willpower not to shout as he came back up for air. He clamped a hand over Aisling’s mouth as a scream of her own almost escaped her lips. Looking around with his Sight, Charlie saw that Lisa had come up for air and was holding her own mouth closed, shivering.

The snake floated between all of them, silently as something like muted thunder came from the main tunnel. Three large wolves stopped at the entrance to their little cave-pool, red eyes gleaming in the darkness, noses taking in great whiffs of the air. The wolves growled, and the three Hunters forced themselves to go all the way under, feeling as if their eyeballs might freeze in the frigid water.

After twenty seconds of waiting—a very long time under water—Aisling kicked off the stone floor to come up for air, but Charlie pulled her down by the arm. Her fingers pried at his, but he held fast.

His eyes closed, Charlie was seeing not under the water, but from the viewpoint of one of the wolves as they searched the tunnel for clues. The wolf growled, looking at the black surface of the small pool in the dark.

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