The Color of Night by Jack Thomas

Author:Jack Thomas [Thomas, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

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Patrick stood at the brink of the woods as a human, just far enough into the trees that his sister wouldn’t be able to see him were she to look out her window. He found that changing into his other self was particularly hard on this night. And he knew what the reason was.

Fear.

Tonight he didn’t feel the usual power surging through his veins, the lightness of his muscles, the sense of adventure and of owning the night that had been growing in his heart. Tonight he only felt afraid. Before, it had come from the unknown—the mysteries lying in the shadows. Now he was in immediate danger, and it had a sharper quality that made his heart beat faster and his head swim. There really was something out there this time, and all he had to do was go back to bed and he would be safe for another night.

He couldn’t go back to bed though, because that safety would only be temporary. Any innocent soul in town could be the next victim, and that included his family, his classmates, and even Rachel. But even more than the determination to protect his loved ones, it was the fear that made him take the final step into the woods that night. It had controlled his life before, and every time he stepped into the darkness that fear had been defeated.

He couldn’t say he knew exactly why Dean was doing it, but something had to be done. And if that meant sticking his neck out, fine. He was the only person who could do something about it now, and it was better than living his life as a sheep and a coward and ultimately descending into despair and madness, as perhaps Mr. Vincent was doing now.

Gathering every shaky bit of courage inside him, he stepped deeper into the woods and forced himself to change.

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