The Moon Will Fall (Moonlight 2)

Chapter 9-Encounter

Every step felt amazing, my bones electrified at the movement. I had to remind myself what I was here for. We'd been holding back again lately. It felt like ages since our last run. It wasn't even bothering me that much that Finn was here. He wasn't the worst running partner in the world. Yet, I kept having to adjust my speed. It seemed I was much faster than he was. The guys hadn't been joking about how fast Michael and I were, considering I could beat two Alpha's easily.

The exhilaration in my lungs was enough to distract me from how uneasy I was beginning to feel about this whole idea. Part of me couldn't help but think I'd made the wrong choice. I didn't want to think about how mad the others would be mad that I'd gone off alone with Finn like this.

Especially Calum.

I wish I could've gotten in contact with at least one of them, but then again, they probably wouldn't have let me do it.

I just knew someone needed to do something about this while we still had a lead. It wasn't my fault the rest of them couldn't hear me. I knew if I had left it any longer the lead would've been gone by this afternoon, I had run out of time.

On the way out, Finn explained to me more about the meaning behind the book and the map. Apparently, there was a pattern to the creature's movements and he'd used them to map out where it would turn up next. I wondered why we hadn't thought of doing that. We hadn't as there didn't seem to be an identifiable pattern at all. Only werewolves, and ones that were on their own. It was enough to go keep an eye on other werewolves, but it wasn't enough to map out where the shadow wolf would turn up next. Somehow Finn had seemed to do it though. I think that might have been why he'd been hanging around near the dance and Calum's place those days. I wondered if perhaps it was trying to tell him something too as he didn't seem to know how to explain how he knew where to find it.

We were just reaching a clearing when Finn abruptly pulled to a stop. I slowed, skidding on the leaves and twigs beside him. You'd think after all this time I'd be used to running on four legs but obviously not. Finn rolled his eyes at me. I tried not to let it bother me.

A moment later Finn had shifted back, he glanced back at me prompting me to do the same. I looked at the position of the sun, it had to have been about time. I looked around us, there didn't seem to be anything happening or even about to. Perhaps Finn's calculations were off. I listened carefully, I couldn't hear anything out of the ordinary, just the usual birds chirping. I couldn't feel the pain in my skull either. We were nowhere near it.

My suspicions immediately turned to Finn, had he intentionally lead me here? Was he the Shadow wolf? It was possible, he'd been at the party when the wolf would've started attacking Lewis. To start off with that map had put him back at the top of my list of people who could potentially be the Shadow wolf. I was starting to grow worried.

"Finn, are you pulling my leg? There's nothing here." I frowned as I glared at him and crossed my arms tightly.

"No, not yet." He shook his head. "Another fifteen minutes."

Another fifteen minutes? Why had we rushed so much to get out here then? I let out a groan, you mean I was going to have to wait here for fifteen minutes?

Well at least I could attempt to get the others with the bond. 'Calum? Michael? Ash?' I thought out hoping that one of them would hear me.

I waited in silence for a moment and was once again met with nothing. I growled, this was unbelievable. I couldn't remember a time when the bond had been out for this long before.

Finn blinked at me looking startled, "I'm sorry you're the one who wanted to come out here with me, we made it here a lot faster than I thought we would."