[Elara's POV]I cursed under my breath, "Fuck, Elara, what the hell are you doing out here?" and I whispered it to myself because talking out loud sometimes grounded me when the solitude started playing tricks, but this didn't feel like a trick, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up as another growl echoed closer, deeper, like it was coming from a throat that wasn't entirely human. I should have turned back right then, grabbed my phone and called for help even though the signal was spotty as shit in these woods, but something pulled at me, a curiosity mixed with that reckless streak I'd always had, the one that got me into trouble with bad boys and worse decisions back in the city, and before I knew it, I was creeping forward, my breath coming in shallow puffs that fogged the air around me.The trees parted suddenly into a clearing, and there they were, a group of figures huddled around a fire, and I ducked behind a thick oak, peering out as my pulse raced, because these weren
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