#Chapter 150: Finding Celeste

Matt The panic was so bad, I almost couldn’t breathe. She was gone. I searched for her in the woods, running with my nose pressed to the ground. I’d searched for her on foot at first, yelling her name. Jack went in the opposite direction, a desperate, panicked gleam in his eyes. That was an hour ago. I’d shifted at some point, backtracking to the house to start there. Her scent lay embedded in the grass until it disappeared into the woods, where it suddenly ended. I pawed at the ground and whined. There was another scent intertwined with hers, and the hairs on my back pricked up. I followed the new scent all the way to the road, where it was replaced with the sharp bite of gasoline. It disappeared after that. I ran back to the house, howling. Jack met me there, crashing through the trees. “Celeste?” he called, looking around. His eyes landed on me. I shifted back, gritting my teeth. “Did you find her?” he asked. I shook my head. I was so mad that I could barely get the words ou