Woodland Web: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novella by Yasmine Galenorn

Author:Yasmine Galenorn [Galenorn, Yasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightqueen Enterprises LLC
Published: 2024-05-27T18:30:00+00:00

At one-thirty, I got a call from Millie. “We have another problem and it may be your sluagh,” she said. “Can you come down to the station? I can’t get away and I don’t want to talk about this over the line.”

I told her I’d be there in half an hour. After rinsing out our mugs, I made sure that the cats were set and I had a mixture of mugwort and peppermint tea, then headed down to the police station.

Downtown Moonshadow Bay was a lovely space, with a central building called City Central that covered an entire city block. Built of red brick, City Central encapsulated most of the town’s government offices, including the police station, fire department, the Garrison Library, the PUD, the courthouse, and many other smaller spaces, including several restaurants.

The walls were painted in a warm lilac gray, and the floors were laminate, with a soundproof system that quieted the sounds of footsteps. There was a coziness to the complex, even as large as it was, and even though the jail was located in the police department, the energy was still smooth and muted.

I entered the bulletproof glass doors to the police station. The dispatcher waved at me. She recognized me from enough visits. I waved back and she buzzed me through, handing me a visitor’s pass on a lanyard. I hung it around my neck, then made my way through the labyrinth of desks and cubicles. Some were manned with officers and clerks, while others were empty. By the time I reached the door leading to Millie’s area, I had said hello to half a dozen familiar faces.

The officer nearest the door checked with dispatch before buzzing me through into the gleaming, cool hallway that led to Millie’s office. I passed the restrooms, then stopped at an open door, peeking in to see Millie sitting there.

“Knock, knock,” I said, poking my head around the open door.

“Come in!” She waved me in. “Have a seat. So, how are you?”

“Well, Ari and I made up. We’re good again.” Our argument had gotten around. In a small town like Moonshadow Bay, there wasn’t much to do for some of the locals except gossip. Anything that was remotely interesting made the rounds like clockwork.

“Oh, thank heavens. You two were made for causing havoc together, and heaven help us if that got disrupted.” But even in her snark, I could hear the genuine relief. She was friends with both of us, and it couldn’t be easy when two of her friends were on the outs.

“So, what do you have for me?” I asked.

Millie handed me a file folder. “Warning, graphic imagery involved.”

I steeled myself and opened the folder. “What am I looking at?” But then, I saw the words autopsy report across the top of one of the papers. “Oh…unexplained homicide?”

Millie nodded. “I think it’s your creature. We found the victim—Dwayne Stephens—in a field next to Devil’s Gulch this morning. He was roughed up pretty bad, and the marks are similar in nature to those of a big cat or a bear mauling, just like the first death.

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