Chapter Three
Midnight couldn't come fast enough. Flora had gone to bed long ago and Luna, my talking black cat, had thankfully joined her.
But I couldn't have slept even if I'd tried. All I could think about was Grandma Elle and how on Earth I was supposed to get her into Moon Grove without anyone seeing us — and without either of us getting mauled.
Instead, I sat on the couch in the living room for hours staring out the window at Flora’s immaculately decorated garden and Moon Grove beyond it, my mind racing. Everything was bathed in a creepy red light from the Blood Moon.
The clock hanging above the entrance to the kitchen ticked away the seconds torturously. Elle’s bus was scheduled to arrive at the Moon Grove town gates in less than half an hour and I still hadn't formulated a plan
