Chapter 12
Bridgette left the house and headed for the woods that were behind Nathan's house and then she began following a trail of a small herd of deer that was walking around the woods looking for food.
She followed a deer tracks down to the creek and they led her further and deeper into the woods and coming up to the barbwire fence that ended Nathan's property.
Bridgette walked over to the fence and it was then that she thought she saw a shadow figure running through the shadows of the trees.
Turning away from the fence Bridgette headed back towards the house and coming up to the creek and followed it back to where she began to follow the tracks a few minutes ago.
" Oh now what is this . . . Oh My God!" Bridgette looked down and saw a huge paw prints just standing on the edge of the wood, and they were facing the house, so whatever made these prints was watching the house.
The wind began to blow very lightly and Bridgette caught a musky scent and looking down again she thought about following the trail to see where the tracks came from, because she knew where they went to and that was over the fence.
Going back into the woods and headed down the embankment that led down to the creek then she noticed more huge paw prints along and sand banks of the creek.
She looked around and saw the prints crossed the creek and up the other side of the embankment.
Crossing the creek she walked or mostly climbed up the other embankment, and once on top of the hill she looked around and then she noticed how very quiet things were on this side of the creek.
Looking around and did not see any more tracks so she bent down and felt the ground and she felt that whatever made the tracks had made them really earlier in the day.
Going further down on the ground she began sniffing the dry ground and then she caught the smell of the musk again, so she began following the musk smell and it led her further into the woods again but this time it led her to a rocky outcrop of the foot hills of the mountains that surrounding the small town.
She looked down and saw multi-paw prints and that's when she saw it.
There was a small opening at the base of the rocks, and following the paw prints and they led her straight into the creature's den.
Crawling inside the den and she could tell that it was still being used so she headed back out of the den.
As Bridgette headed back to the house little did she know that she was being watched.
The lone black figure jumped down from the rocky cliff and crawled into the den and then began to dig up a small bag then putting it into its mouth the lone wolf walked out of the den and headed for town.
Bridgette walked out of the woods and she saw Seth and the Sheriff's cars parked in front of the house.
Walking into the house she saw her family sitting around the living room with two boxes of pizzas on the coffee table.
" Hey guys, we have a problem I found a den and it is being used by a huge wolf, and from the tracks that I found it is a loner and Nathan it has been watching this house." Bridgette looked at everybody who was sitting around the living room.
" Are you sure Bridg?" Lionel looked up at his niece.
" Yes I am very sure, and I found the den and even went inside of it and yes the presence was all over that small den." Bridgette looked at her uncle straight in the eyes.
" Then show us this den?" Lionel got up from the chair.
Bridgette nodded and she headed out of the house with her brother and uncle, but Nathan stayed behind with Robertta.
Twenty minutes later they were standing outside the den while Lionel went in but only found it very empty, but he did find that something had been here, but now is gone, and there was also something that had been buried too, and he then realized that this was whatever was staying here will not be coming back.
Lionel crawled out of the den, and they headed back to the house and finished eating the pizza and then they started a game of poker and it was late in the evening when everyone said good night and found their bedrooms and went to bed.