Chapter 13
Seth stepped outside of the cottage and walked over to where his Jeep was parked.
He looked towards the woods and he had that feeling that he was being watched and he looked towards the woods and he caught slight movement heading back towards the woods.
He shivered as a light cold breeze blew around him and moved the light fog and mist across his face and which caused his vision to blur a little bit.
There was a sound of a car coming down the driveway that drew his attention away from the woods.
The dark red sports car pulled up and parked between Seth's Jeep and Robertta's Rouge.
" Hey Coz are you ready for this." Seth nodded to Preston who was getting out of the car.
" Yeah, um . . . what is Gram doing here she should not be here." Preston looked at the black Rouge that was next to his car.
" She is not here, and don't worry she is in a very safe place, man it is getting colder, and this fog is going to make things very hard to see anything." Seth came up to Preston and shook his hand before he looked towards the woods again.
" That is good to hear, yeah and from what the weather man said earlier there may be a light dusting of snow tonight." Preston pulled his collar of his coat around his neck.
" Great, well we better get started before the weather gets worst, before you got here I did see some movement but I did not get to see what it was because it was moving further into the woods, and the fog and mist was making it very hard to see what it was." Seth began to head towards the wood.
" Ok let us see the spot where you saw this movement first before we go into the woods." Preston followed Seth towards the woods.
" Ok this is where I saw the movement, but there is nothing here." Seth came up to the spot and used his flashlight to shine down on the ground but he saw not prints of any kind.
Preston got down on his hands and knees and smelled the ground and all he spelt was dirt.
" Well there is nothing here, and all I can smell is dirt." Preston stood up and dusted off his pants.
" Ok then it must have been the small breeze then, because it happen just as I saw the movement. Well lets go this way." Seth nodded and motion for them to head off towards creek that is deep in the woods.
Bridgette grabbed her red cloak and wrapped it around her shoulders as Nathan put on his coat.
" I think you really should get your coat, because it is getting colder outside and I don't want you to get cold and then getting sick." Nathan came over to Bridgette and wrapped his arms around her and pulling her into his arms.
" I know, and I will do that later but right now I need to go and find that musky smell that I am smelling right now." Bridgette put her arms around Nathan and stepped up on her tip-toes and gave him a light kiss.
" Ok and I too can smell it and you are right let us go and find this thing and get rid of it." Nathan said before leaning his head and giving her a very passionate kiss before letting her go.
They walked out of the door and Bridgett stopped behind Nathan's Land Rover and lifted her head up towards the air and sniffed and she could smell the same musky smell she had spelt before, it was the same smell that was found in that small den that she had found a couple of days ago.
" This way." Bridgette said before pulling her hood over her head and began walking towards the woods that was in front of Nathan's house.
There was a snapping of a twig and both Seth and Preston turned towards the sound but due to the light mist and fog, all they could see was a dark shadow running through the woods.
" Um . . . did you see anything?" Preston squinted to see if he could see clearly.
" Yes and no, damn the fog is getting to thick to see anything now, I believe that we should call it a night, we have been at this for over four hours and we have not seen anything." Seth also squinted too but he could not see anything and he was about turn around and head back towards the cottage when he heard another twig snap and he looked towards the sound and saw the shadow running away from him.
" There, let's go after it." Preston motion for them to give chase and followed it deeper into the woods.
They followed it but lost it just as the fog got thicker and they could not see anything that was in front of them.
Just as they were about to turn around and head back to the cottage, Preston saw some movement coming towards them and realized that thing was red.
" Hey what are you guys doing this far from the cottage?" Bridgette looked at pulled her red hood away from her face and looked at her brother and cousin.
" Hey . . . um . . . we were chasing something that was wondering around in the woods . . . you did not see anything heading towards you . . . and what are you two doing in the woods." Seth looked at his sister and Nathan and gave them a puzzled look.
" Really, no we did not see anything, but we did hear something running through the woods, and the reason for us being out here is because I smelt a musky smell that I have smelt before in that small den that I have found a couple of days ago." Bridgette looked at her brother and cousin.
" I see, and if this thing is running in the direction that I believe it is going then it is heading up to higher ground and to the caves that overlook the town." Preston looked towards the direction that he thought that the figure was heading towards.
" Great if that happens then we will not be able to get up there if the weather keeps up like this, the higher regions of the mountains will be cover deep in snow." Nathan nodded as he knew about the cave systems around the area.
" There is nothing we can do now, but go back home and get warmed up." Seth nodded towards the direction of the cottage.
" Well we need to head back towards my place and we will see you later then, Good night Seth, Preston." Nathan nodded before taking Bridgette's hand and they began to head back towards his house.
Seth and Preston turned around and headed back the way they came and headed for the cottage, to where it is nice and warm.
Seth said goodbye to Preston as he opened the front door of the cottage and stepped inside as he watched Preston get inside his car and drove off towards his father's house that was on the other side of town.
Seth closed the door and took off his coat and boots before going over to the stove and started the kettle in boiling water for his hot chocolate.
Going into his bedroom he got undressed and put on sweats pants and t-shirt before going back into the kitchen and made his hot chocolate.
After drink up all the hot chocolate twenty minutes later Seth went into his bedroom and closed the door and climbed into bed and falling sound asleep.
Little did he know that the shadow figure that had been watching the cottage moved away from the tree and headed into the fog and deeper into the woods.
