Once Upon a Haunted Moon (The Keeper Saga) by K.R. Thompson

Author:K.R. Thompson [Thompson, K.R.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-11-25T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Brian

Everything was always more alive at night. Especially when you were a creature that loved moonlight.

That just happened to be the reason I was running through the woods. Well, okay, the moon was one of them. Another was that before I left Nikki and Tori, the magic wall gave us a different image — a scene from the window of the forest outside, where Adam normally came through on his visits to Nikki. So I was doing my duty by checking it out. But to be honest, the main reason I was out that night was that I was trying to convince myself to “hunt” like the others and save myself a lot of embarrassment when the time came that I did actually have to hunt with them. My stomach still revolted at the idea of killing something, let alone eating it raw. But you’ve got to start some time, right? May as well throw up by myself where no one else would witness the gory details.

I took a deep breath, and tried to put the whole thing out of my mind. If I came across a rabbit or something, I’d go from there. But until then, I was going to do my best to enjoy the smells and sounds of the night forest, and the sight of the full, round moon.

Though there was still a chill in the air, the forest was more alive than usual. An owl watched me from high above, resting on a branch, eyes glowing like beacons that flickered on and off with each blink. A small shadow scampered across the ground ahead of me, and the bird swooped down. Something made a high-pitched squeal as he grabbed it. Then the owl flapped his wings and took off. I focused in on him as he flew overhead. He had caught a small field mouse that still wriggled in his beak.

Mouse wasn’t on the menu for me. If I was going to hunt something, it was going to be worth being sick over. Still, I was glad when the owl was out of sight with his snack.

I decided to run to clear my head. One of the coolest things about being a wolf was how fast you could run while nature moves the forest around to help clear your path. I saw every detail, every limb and leaf as I ran past. And it didn’t even matter that it was dark, I still had awesome vision.

I was still thinking about that very thing when I came up on Wolf Creek. I bent down to get a drink when I felt movement across from me. I looked up and saw the one thing I hoped I wouldn’t find.

A deer.

I growled, deep and low, hoping to spook the big doe that simply stood and stared at me with huge, wide eyes.

Dumb deer. I snorted. Well, if it was going to be like that, I may as well do this hunt thing. I crouched down low, hoping it

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