"Stop!" Valerie hissed, holding up her hand to halt the group just as Elise was in the middle of the third ghost story.
They all turned silent, watching Valerie with caution as she sniffed at the air after a brief change in the wind.
"What is it? What do you smell?" Lucy asked, her newly empowered aura starting to leak out of her pores and gathered it around herself.
"Did Timmy fall down the well?" Jason added with a smirk and a chuckle, earning him a hateful glare from Valerie.
"Blood." She explained, "Something died here recently. A few things actually... Are you sure that we are the only ones that know about this?" She asked, directing the question to Ren.
"I'm sure. No one knew about these creatures until they started to wreak havoc in the towns, and we're not close enough to the town for that. It should still be growing in size... It's possible that it might not be alone.
