“I’ll be fine. I lived off the street, remember?” Caleb smiled, his eyes glinting with mischief and warning all at once.
Autumn hesitated, then nodded reluctantly.
She lay back on her bed, but the minutes crawled by torturously. An hour passed, and her concern grew. Why isn’t he back yet? What if something happened? The thought gnawed at her relentlessly.
Finally, she couldn’t bear it any longer. She swung her legs over the bed, wrapped a jacket around herself, and stepped outside.
Just as she took a few steps into the crisp night air, a pair of glowing golden eyes pierced the darkness.
She froze. The forest is close… What kind of animal is that? Is it dangerous?
Something in her heart betrayed her fear. Compelled, she took another step forward. The figure resolved itself into a mass
