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Jane and Zoe glance at each other and then laugh nervously “Just stay with the group and we’ll all have a wonderful afternoon,” Jane says

We follow theet their hands dirty with the vegetables and showing theet upset when their kids caaet kids to play outside

After about twenty minutes, I do a quick headcount to make sure all my kids are still here My heart nearly stops when I’m one short

I know immediately who it is

Gavin

He usually comes by my side every five minutes or so to ask outlandish questions, and it’s been strangely quiet

My heart starts pounding as I run out of the greenhouse and desperately start looking around I spot hi the forest

“Gavin!” I shout, but he’s too far away to hear

Oh, co across the valley The last thing I need is for hiet covered with poison ivy

“Gavin!” I shout as I run “Get back here!”

He either doesn’t hearme, but he disappears into the trees

I arrive at the forest a few minutes later and shiver when I see how dark it is inside This kid…

With no other options, I duck my head under a branch and enter the forestChapter TwoAdrianMy grizzly bear snarls and lets out a lohen the sers hits his nose It takes less than a second for hies toward the source of the unfa branches as his livid paws thunder against the ground with every murderous step

Calm down

He lets out a nasty growl as he continues charging forward I can feel everything he’s feeling The wild untamed need for violence The bloodthirsty andand everyone, me included

I’m his prisoner

He’s a feral psycho and I’ve never stood a chance

It wasn’t always like this I had a life once

But then puberty hit and row His rabid fury beca until one day he wouldn’t let me back out