ELOWEN
TUESDAY
Something was wrong.
I felt it the moment Carmen's car turned onto the dirt road leading to the cabin. Fao went rigid beside me, his nostrils flaring, head turning toward the trees.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Someone was here." His voice was low, barely human. "While we were gone. Someone was at the cabin."
Carmen slowed the car. "Should I keep going?"
"Stop here." Fao was already reaching for the door handle. "I need to check."
"Fao, wait—"
But he was gone, slipping out of the car and into the darkness between the trees. I watched him disappear, my heart hammering against my ribs.
Carmen killed the engine but left the headlights on. "El... what the hell is going on?"
"I don't know." But I did. I knew exactly who would come creeping around my cabin in the middle of t
