Chapter 86 Encounter With The Three-pawed Beast

• Olivia
• My heart skipped a beat. The sound seemed to come from behind me, off to the side in the bushes lining the street. A rustling in the underbrush, a low growl. At least, that was what it sounded like.
• My cheerful whistling ceased, fading away into a somber, out-of-key tune, and then into oblivion. I stopped dead in my tracks and strained my ears to listen, hoping and praying that it really was nothing, that it was just the wind or my ears playing tricks on me.