Chapter 854

• Why Bear thought watching for Calla would be better than waiting with the others, he didn’t know. He was out of positions to sit and places to stand while watching for her. What was she doing? Was she okay? He paused, rolled his neck from side to side, and then looked up at the sky. Those snow clouds looked dark and heavy. A few more hours and he was going to be standing out here in the middle of a storm. How was he going to see the house then?
• Rubbing his hand over his face, he lifted the cold metal to rest back against it again. He scanned the back of the houses once to see if anyone was out. There was no one there. When he moved back to check the window, he saw the flashing. Someone was turning her light off and on quickly. “Shit.” He grabbed his phone out of his pocket and looked down at it. Sliding the screen saver off, he clicked on the flashlight. He watched the window, waiting to make sure it was her in there.
• When she stepped into his sight, he just stood there and looked at her. His animal prodded him, reminding him that they had something they were supposed to do. Bear lifted his phone and then tapped the flashlight button off and on three times. He counted to thirty in his head and did it again. Was she even seeing it? He did it a third time and then looked through the binoculars again. She wasn’t in the window.