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I strolled out the front doors with more confidence than I felt, especially when I noticed how far the sun had traveled below the horizon. Shadows stretched out of the forest and across the lawn, touching the mobile homes that dotted the grass with all the beauty of a patch of weeds. The tag-alongs for the Shadows and Old Claws stared at each other with as much love as a cat has for water. The guy I’d given a nice love-tap to during our adventure at Shatter Rock glared at me from across a distance that was far shorter than I wanted.
I hurried across the driveway and into the garage where grabbed my supplies and headed out toward the woods. The top of the sun peeked out from above the horizon and the scent of colder temperatures tickled my nose as I stepped onto the trail Chris and
