Chapter 19

Leah

The camera falls from my hands into the dirt. What I am witnessing cannot be real.

In what I can only call a moment of sheer brilliance, I took a kayak and paddled along the lake, getting as close to the lodge as I could. It may have been less cunning, more laziness to be honest. I didn’t really fancy trekking miles through the forest in the middle of the night.

When Hayley first moved here, I remember her calling to tell me she had seen a wolf outside her house. I wasn’t entirely convinced it wasn’t just a big dog like a husky, but knowing that I’d be out here alone, I was happy enough to avoid finding out.

But now Hayley stands there, smiling affectionately at the sea of wild wolves, prancing and howling in front of her. She looks like some kind of queen of the wolves. A scream dies in my throat as a giant black beast leaps towards her. But instead of cowering, Hayley leans down and presses a kiss to its snout. She presses her face into its neck, ruffles its fur before playf