Chapter 20
Dressed in Sophia’s clothes with his face hidden Adam finally reached the hill behind the school. It was the place Andrew and his group had told Sophia to meet them.
The area was densely wooded. As evening settled in a deep darkness enveloped the landscape.
The moon was a pale sliver in the sky offering little light.
He began to walk slowly up the dirt path that snaked through the trees.
His borrowed shoes were not made for this kind of terrain but his enhanced agility allowed him to move with a strange unsettling grace.
The only sounds were the crunch of his own footsteps on the dry earth and the whisper of the wind through the leaves.
He moved cautiously his senses on high alert. His perception was a sharp instrument cutting through the darkness.
He could smell the damp earth and decaying leaves. He could hear the distant cry of a night bird. He was a predator entering another predator’s territory.
Suddenly he heard a rustling sound from the bushes just ahead.
He stopped instantly his body tensing his hand moving instinctively to the hammer tucked in his waistband. He waited listening.
From behind the bushes a group of figures emerged. It was Andrew and Lily.
They were accompanied by three other boys and one other girl.