#Chapter 105: Subdued

Olivia The chill of the night seeped through our clothes as we trailed behind Alvin's shadowy figure, creeping silently through the underbrush. He didn’t seem to notice our presence, and if he did, he didn’t show it. There was no knowing where Alvin was going. He kept taking strange turns, walking off of the beaten trail, disappearing into shadowy pockets of the forest only to show up again in a different area entirely. But he didn’t shift. He just walked, silently, in his human form. I could see Nathan's skepticism in the tension of his shoulders as he walked ahead of me, but his loyalty had him right there beside me, never leaving my side. Alvin eventually slipped into the shadows once more. We tried to follow his trail, but it was too difficult. Several minutes passed and we didn’t catch sight of him anywhere. All of a sudden, a guttural howl echoed through the night, slicing the silence like a knife. It sounded far away but the sound still reverberated in my bon