Her phone buzzed again, startling her. The sound felt impossibly loud in the stillness of the forest. She stopped to read Peter’s latest message, her breath forming clouds in the freezing air. Peter: I’m close. Don’t do anything risky. What’s it leading you to?
Julie stared into the darkness, her heart hammering in her chest. “I don’t know yet,” she whispered, her voice barely audible over the soft rustle of the wind through the trees. Ahead, the moose had stopped again, standing like a statue.