Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 19

It felt like I was being watched.

I watched as Axil tensed up beside me, confirming my suspicions and alerting me that this wasn't my paranoia.

"Do you feel that?" Axil asked, drawing Liza's attention as she looked back at us with furrowed eyes.

She looked at our tense figures and cautious eyes and asked, "what's wrong with you two? Feel what?"

"Just keep walking and act natural," I muttered as I picked up pace and tried to get out of view of Mrs. Belvis' gaze.

Liza's face was the definition of confused but she did as I said anyway, seeing the urgency in my eyes.

As we finally turned a corner and out of sight, I felt my shoulders relax as the threat disappeared. I turned to Axil, "What was that?"

Axil's lips were pulled into a tight line as his grave and wary eyes took in our surroundings, his guard on high alert even if the threat was gone.

He opened his mouth to answer, "I don't know."

"What are you two talking about?" Liza asked.

"The malevolence we felt back there," I answered.

Liza threw me an exasperated look, "malevo what?"

I rolled my eyes, "dark energy, Liz."

Her eyes darkened in understanding, "oh... It was surrounding Mrs. Belvis, wasn't it?"

I glanced at her in surprise, "you felt it to?"

She shrugged, "not necessarily, but it didn't take a genius to figure out that she was acting strange. She usually waved back at me when I call out," Liza pouted.

"Huh," I acknowledged her observation as I contemplated what the hell was going on. First Axil, now this... why oh why did I choose this town to settle into?

A miserable look crossed my face. I felt like stomping my foot on the floor like a little kid, ready to throw a tantrum.

A silver car drove pass us as we walked along the corridor, straying my attention from my thoughts as I watched the driver look out his window and stare blankly at us.

The feeling of being watched again was back and I tensed. My vision was blocked as Axil stepped in front of me as if to shield the driver's view of me. My heart rate increased slightly as my body heated.

"Thanks," I muttered, taking my hands out of my pockets, and hugging myself.

Axil grunted and turned to Liza, "It's not safe out here, let's go back."

Liza took one glance at the both of us then nodded, "sure, but when we reach home, I expect an explanation."

"I'd rather later than sooner," I grumbled begrudgingly. It was so much work in itself to think of a simpler way to explain all of this to her... maybe I should find books at the library to make her understand our world better and quicker.

Liza shot me a glare, "lazy!"

I shrugged it off.

"To be honest, I don't really know what happened out there. At first, everything was fine then all of a sudden, this dark aura just appeared, making it seem as if we were being watched."

Liza furrowed her brows, "isn't being watched a natural occurrence? Everyone glances at you when you walk by, especially in a small town like this."

"I mean... yeah but they don't full on watch you with such a dead stare before! Mrs. Belvis was really scaring the heck out of me," I grumbled, sipping on my juice.

"This..." Axil trailed off, bringing our attention to him. His brows were furrowed as he frowned, seeming to be contemplating something.

"What is it Axy?" Liza asked.

"Due to the change in scenery and layout, I didn't notice it before... but now that I'm really considering it... I think we're in my old village..."

Liza and I looked at each other in confusion.

If this was a werewolf village back in 1827 then how did it become human territory and who overlooked the fact that it appeared to be inhabited?