Semua Bab The Full Moon Murders : Bab 91 - Bab 93

The forest was alive with whispers. Wind rattled through the high pines, carrying with it the sharp tang of resin and the musk of something feral. Mason moved carefully, boots crunching faintly on the frost-hardened ground, every sense tuned to the dark ahead. He had tracked men before, killers who thought the night would hide them, but this was different. This was not human prey.Beside him, Captain Reyes’s breath clouded the cold air. “You’re sure about this?” Reyes murmured, one hand resting near the holster at his side.Mason’s jaw tightened. He wasn’t sure of anything anymore. Evelyn is gone. The mayor was silent. And now the trail leading here, into the backcountry where cell towers didn’t reach and even hunters rarely ventured. “I saw the prints,” Mason said, crouching low. He brushed a gloved hand over the impression in the soil. The size alone was wrong, too broad for a man, too long for a wolf. “Whatever we’re dealing with, it came this way.”Reyes shifted uneasily, scanning

The smell hit Evelyn first. Damp concrete. Rusted iron. The faint, coppery tang of blood.When she forced her eyes open, she was lying on a hard floor, wrists bound behind her. A single light bulb flickered above, swinging from a cord.She tried to sit up. Her ribs screamed in protest, a reminder of the blows that had brought her down when they grabbed her outside her apartment. Panic threatened to rise in her throat, but she crushed it. Fear was what they wanted. She wouldn’t give them the satisfaction.Boots scraped against the floor. A figure stepped out of the shadows.Senator Rhodes.Her tailored suit was spotless, her expression sharper than glass. But it wasn’t the senator Evelyn knew from TV. This was a colder, crueler someone who had stopped pretending to be human long ago.“You’re tougher than I thought,” Rhodes said, circling her like a shark. “Most people break before they even get here.”Evelyn lifted her chin. “Guess I’m not most people.”That earned her a thin smile.“Y