Wolf Moon by Patricia Rosemoor

Author:Patricia Rosemoor
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Thrillers, General
ISBN: 9781408962626
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2012-09-11T10:55:46.563480+00:00

THOUGH IT WAS NOT EVEN five o’clock, the sun had set. Aileen realized they were nearing the winter solstice with the longest night of the year. A pagan holiday. Would Madam Sofia and her coven celebrate then? Would they have reason to?

As she walked back to Main Street, the moon was already rising in the night sky and casting a blue glow over the snow-covered earth. Some of the shops and businesses had already closed, and others would soon do the same. She hadn’t meant to stay away from the lodge so late.

Hurrying along, she thought about Rhys, about the attraction Sofia had said was beyond normal. The old woman had been right about that. Maybe she was right about a lot of things.

Stopping at the edge of town, Aileen pulled the leather pouch from her pocket and took a better look. The beading seemed familiar…similar to the beading on the leather pouch Rhys had been wearing earlier. Undoubtedly, he’d gone to see Madam Sofia himself. A thought that made her spine prickle.

Starting off on the shortcut from town to the lodge, Aileen couldn’t help being preoccupied, going over the old woman’s claims. And since Rhys wore the protection Madam Sofia had given him, he must believe in the supernatural. No wonder he’d been reading the book about werewolves.

Aileen looked up through the thicket of trees to the night sky. Indeed, the moon was almost full. A shiver coursed through her and she glanced back at the fading light from town, which suddenly seemed so far away.

Why hadn’t she taken the damn snowmobile?

Hurrying on, she thought again of Rhys and wondered if he wore the leather pouch because he knew something she didn’t, a possibility she’d considered several times.

Rhys hung around the pack. What if a werewolf did also, as Madam Sofia had suggested? Had Rhys seen it? Did he recognize it for what it was? Did he know the identity of the man who changed into a wolf?

The identity of the murderer?

Her pulse picked up a beat at the thought, though knowing and proving were two different things.

A shush of snow from somewhere nearby made Aileen suspect someone else was using the shortcut. Another glance back assured her that no one was behind her, and yet, she couldn’t relax. The oddest feeling—like a hostile gaze tracking her—made her move faster. And then she heard another noise—a low rumble that raised the hair at the back of her neck. Someone was there, just out of sight.

Someone or something?

Damn Madam Sofia for scaring her!

Her mouth went dry and her throat tightened as she hurried on, now tuned into the night.

Were those footsteps she heard? Or her imagination? No, they were real.

Her stomach clenched and Aileen fumbled in her pocket and wrapped shaky fingers around the pouch that was supposed to protect her. She pulled it out and pressed her hand to her chest. Moving so fast that she was almost skating on the slippery path, she could hardly breathe as the sounds inched closer.

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