Dead on Target by Lily Webb

Author:Lily Webb [Webb, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lily Webb

Chapter 9

When Tommy and I returned to the inn, we found Blair and Kat on the porch waiting for us. Blair took one look at the camera in my hands and her eyes shot open. “Is that what I think it is?”

“Yeah. We found it thanks to the lycan,” I said, and though it didn’t seem possible, Blair’s eyes widened further.

“What do you mean? I thought they were nocturnal…”

“Apparently not, though it seemed lethargic in the sun. It was kind of hovering over the camera, almost like the device fascinated it or something. It was weird. But what was even weirder was when it heard us and we locked eyes, I went into this sort of trance. I don’t really understand it, but it didn’t last long because Fang showed up and shot the lycan and it took off.”

“Oh, my Goddess! Is it okay?” Kat gasped.

“You ain’t got nothin’ to worry about. It’s gonna take much more than one of her arrows to bring that thing down, trust me,” Tommy said.

“Do you think the lycan was trying to communicate with you?” Blair asked.

I shrugged. “No clue, honestly. Anyway, are Thorn and Jimbo back yet?”

“No. Kat and I had to come back earlier than we would’ve liked; her ankle was bothering her too much,” Blair said, and Kat sighed.

“I was fine, but Blair insisted I don’t do any more damage and dragged me back here.”

“Probably for the best,” I said, though I couldn’t help worrying about Thorn. If he and Jimbo ran into the wounded lycan, I couldn’t guarantee it would be as non-confrontational with them as it had been with Tommy and me — especially without me there. As strange as it seemed, the creature and I had a connection, though I didn’t understand it in the slightest. Why, of all people, would it be me? Sure, my powers to see into the past and future were rare, but telekinetically communicating with a lycan fell well outside of those bounds. “Should we go look for them?”

“Don’t worry ‘bout that, little lady. I’ll track ‘em down and make sure everything’s gravy,” Tommy said. “Besides, you gotta see what’s on there.”

“Yeah, assuming we can recover anything,” I said, turning the dead camera around in the light. On the bottom, I spotted a latch that I pushed open with my thumb. A tiny silver sliver sat inside, which I pushed on, activating a spring-loaded mechanism, and popping what looked like an SD card from the camera. Even though it looked undamaged on the outside, that didn’t mean the recording wasn’t. I turned to Blair. “Do we have anything that can read this?”

“I’m sure Kiki has something in the office,” Blair said and smiled. “It’s times like these I actually appreciate her affinity for collecting random gadgets.”

“Good, then let’s get cracking,” I said and slipped the card into my pocket for safekeeping.

“I’ll fetch the other two. See y’all soon,” Tommy said and headed back toward the forest.

“This way,” I said, and pulled the door open for Blair and Kat.

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