Whispers of the Wild Hunt
And the supernatural world does our best to keep them safe, but the danger still lurks.
By the time I make it to the clinic, the air has already heated to unprecedented levels. The receptionist, a woman with chipmunk cheeks and a permanent sunburn from her time swimming at the old quarry, named Darla June flags me down as I walk in the door.
“There’s trouble down the old closed highway,” she whispers, not quite meeting my eyes. The chipmunk shifter in her can sense a bigger predator, and it tends to make our conversations short before she skitters away. “Sheriff’s up there with the McClellan boys. Car went off the ravine, and it doesn’t look good.”
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