The two young hunters could see the others walking around camp. Roz and Max were pacing back and forth, they were probably the most worried. Mike and Rei had worked out their system with the handkerchief to let the other know they were okay. The others didn't have that system. Besides there was no way Roz would have been calm after she saw something drag her younger brother away in the dark. Roz was the first to see them In the distance. They were at the edge of the viburnum circle where they had been when the wendigoes attacked. Roz began running towable them immediately. The others watched her move confused until they saw Avery and Mike. Rei took off running a second later."Please don't mention the wolves." Avery begged softly. Mike pointed to the ground by camp."The viburnum." Mike whispered as their sibling approached. Avery had not really thought about it, How was he supposed to go in and out if it blocked him. It only took a few seconds more before their older

It was hard to distinguish which direction the screeching was coming from. The cave had several openings leading out, four to be exact, it could be any of them. Both wolves sat still using their heightened senses to pinpoint where the attack would come from. Mike, Roz, and Max stood close enough to hold hands but far enough to fight without hurting each other. In order to survive they would need to work as a group to the best of their abilities. Avery tried to stay in the shadows as best as he could waiting for the creatures to show up. He was hoping to be the secret weapon that the wendigoes didn't see coming. The screeching grew louder with every second. The sound of their claws scratching the surface of the cave projected throughout the system. Avery took slow steady breaths, the emotions in the room were about to sky rocket, he needed to try to keep his powers at bay. The first wendigo came rushing in from the opening farthest from the entrance, the one that they had entered fro

The young hunters were flown back to Chicago ten hours after they were questioned. They were each interviewed several times. The council made them handover everything they had for investigation. Avery was thankful that he had given his mother the pages on sirens, he wasn't sure how they could have been used against him unless they knew he was one. Either way he didn't want to risk it. The private jet back to Chicago only took a few hours. Roz’s SUV would be driven back by one of her father’s workers. The council found it necessary to search the cave system and further investigate Kit’s disappearance after the four hunters left. He was not found, there was no trail to follow. It was as if he had just walked away from the situation. The Battalignas stayed in the woods to help search for their son. Several other hunting families from the surrounding s

The scent of the food hit Avery before he was even in the building. It was cheesy, greasy, and full of carbs, everything doctors told people not to eat. It was what made it taste so good. The scent alone made him smile. It had become a familiar scent, a distinction of somewhere he belonged. It had been a while since he had felt that way. He opened the door to the restaurant to find the place flooded with customers, every table was filled. A small group of people stood at the counter eating, lunch time was on. He didn’t have a chance to take it all in before his roommate Mike tossed an apron at him. He caught it and opened it to look over it. It was bright yellow with a small frill at the bottom. It had dark blue on the front of it in the shape of a smiley face. Mike knew how much he hated this apron, it was the only one in the restaurant that wasn’t just plain and black. He wasn’t the only one who hated the apron, it was why no other waiter wore it. He rolled his eyes and made his w

Mike sat quietly across from her brother Rei playing with the piece of chicken on her plate. It had been months since she last saw him. She had not anticipated for their reunion to be awkward and tense. She and Avery had arrived in Chicago early that morning. Roz and Rei were the ones to pick them up at the airport. Their older siblings decided it would be best for them to go out to eat separately. Roz and Avery had gone to a different restaurant.“So,” Her brother began. He had looked forward to seeing his sister but now that she was in front of him he wasn’t sure what to say. She seemed too different. The way she looked, the way she spoke and carried herself. She used to be soft and introverted. Being on her own with Avery and that werewolf made her buoyant, overly confident. She seemed assertive and vapid compared to how he remembered her. He wasn’t fond of the blonde hair either. She used to be his little sister. Cute and calm. Now she looked like