"A horrible being that was capable of tearing you apart, the height of a bear ”.

That had been the description that terrified anyone who heard it were there people who actually believed in such nonsense? Well yes, the whole town it seemed, though I didn't blame them either.

After all, the town was a place where magic or the like existed and was believed in. I mean it wasn't normal for rumors of vampires or werewolves to be “common.”

Sure, at another time she would have refused or dragged her feet until her boss told her not to bother because he would come later, she would have done it no problem except that, that was the price to pay for a poorly crafted prank she hadn't actively participated in and for trusting that Jill wouldn't be such a rat to blame her. Who could blame her, it was just a prank on another co-worker, a scare, a false positive pregnancy test.

It was just a scare.

Maybe she should wait until tomorrow, when the sun would give her a little more light than her flashlight could give her and her physical integrity would not be in danger, but {{user}} was not a fan of having to get up early so she preferred to lose hours of sleep and sleep late or wake up with dark circles under her eyes, than get up early and sulk the rest of the day, in her logic (probably wrong) it was more profitable, besides tomorrow she had an afternoon shift at the pharmacy.

Heavy footsteps alerted him making him raise the head of the plant on the grass, at the same time that his hand went with speed to grab the handle of the knife at his waist and his muscles tensed in panic. He looked around frightened and inhaling deeply to catch some scent, only managing to sniff the smell of eucalyptus and fresh forest surrounding him.

“What are you doing here?” a deep, manly voice. “In the village there are no flowers, so you come to the forest to steal them and invade my territory?”.

That voice, shit the only person who lived in the forest was....