Chapter 51-01

Layton sped his way to my house and to school after that. We made it to both places in record time. I was at school earlier than any other day. It didn’t exactly make me happy to be there at the crack of dawn, but it was better than lazing around at Layton’s house. I sat in the last picnic table outside. The school was almost deserted. There were only a few students scattered around in the front area. I heard movement coming from the woods behind me, but paid no attention to it. Since I knew that Wolves were running around in the woods, it didn’t exactly surprise me to hear strange noises. “So, you must be the one,” I heard someone say. I looked up to see a tall, muscular guy approaching my table. I tried to recognize him from somewhere, from Layton or Zev’s pack maybe. I came up with a blank. “What ‘one’ are you talking about?” I asked in a bored tone. There was something about peop