Chapter 8Shirley felt as if she’d just closed her eyes when she heard the rustling of the leaves behind her. Her body was instantly on high alert and she bolted upright afraid of what was happening all around her. As her eyes brought the world into focus, she tried to speed up the process to see what was there. Was it more wolves? Or something worse this time?
As her eyes focused she could see that the first rays of daylight had descended on the woods. She had been asleep for about eight hours, although it felt like she’d just barely began to drift off. Her whole body still felt tired and she was starting to think that a soak in a hot tub followed by twelve hours of quality rest on a good mattress was what the doctor really ordered.
Chatham was of course awakened by the sound instantly a
