Chapter 241

• Jesse had to fight the whole way to stay on two legs, the scents around him had his cat stirring and wanting nothing more than to explore the area. Pausing he looked around, how long had he been walking? He hadn’t checked the time when he started, but it was beginning to feel like forever. He wasn’t out of shape, but normally covering this kind of terrain was done in his cat form. Inhaling again, he checked for any scent that would let him know he was going in the right direction.
• If he found another empty, deserted clan space, he wasn’t sure what he was going to do. This one felt different, maybe he was feeling torn because this clan was the same as his own, he couldn’t be sure. Frowning, he lifted his chin and inhaled again—there was a hint of something that was not made by nature. A metallic taste hit his tongue. Definitely not natural. Blowing out a quick breath, he followed the direction he was facing to see if he could ferret out the source of the processed metal he was picking up. It took him some time to be able to narrow down the smell and keep going in the right direction. He blamed the energy drink, it messed with most of his senses, but he needed the extra boost. If he’d been near a populated area, he wouldn’t have bothered, but up here, metal had no place.
• Stopping, he looked to his left, then right. Metal? Inhaling slowly, he took a few steps to his right and then looked down as he processed to make sure it was getting stronger. There were groves in the ground. Tilting his head, he followed them slowly. He was almost right on top of it before he saw it through the very well-built shelter. Going closer, he looked it over, the branches looked like they were still trees. Moving along the side of it, he pulled one of the larger limbs and the wall of leaves moved. He stood there with his mouth hanging open. Behind it was an old pickup truck. Moving in between the wall and truck, he looked inside it. Judging by the amount of dust in it and on it, this thing hadn’t moved in a few years, at least.