Point

the kitchen window and heard Grandm

t the old wooden table. The herbs she was brewing into tea perfumed the

ting down in the chair across from her. "Because

r wan eyes. She'd always been able to read more than anyone else. I'

"Riley, things change with the Harvest Moon.

butterflies in my stomac

ut yourself." Grandma Elena filled two teacups. "The ki

ve me shivers but warmed me from the inside out. Riddles i

randma. What's happen

images. She reached across the table and took my hand. "Granddaughte

bed them gently, trying to get her to just say whatever i

e the wrong ch

Some decisions, however, are more difficult to walk than others. Grandma Elena

was about to do. "I'm back!" Jake's voice called out. Although

r Elena said under her breath. "He's b

time for dinner. He just shrugged and spoke of something else whenever anyon

lfriend," I suggested. "He h

o certain. "People do crazy things

, Jake stood in the kitchen doorway. I hadn't seen him smile that broad

e took an apple from the bowl on the

d, observing his reaction.

looked at me and then at Grandma Elena

n Red Canyon.", I said it casually. "He wa

," but his voice was tense. "No point i

he knew something, too, I could tell. Normally, the first one to utter somet

ging out during the days?" Grandma Elen

for the party. To avoid more questions, Jake took

uickly exited the kitchen. I turned to glance at Grandma

ake doesn't do hours of trail

ig." Grandma Elena took a reflective

fresh air, like pine trees, but like something else also that I couldn't

omorrow?" I asked. "See

Elena put her cup down. "But at the festival, beware. People w

really scared of so

t about hearts desiring the wrong things. She looked at

ean, history re

ed herself with removing the tea cups. It's not

as nothing that would get Grandma Elena to talk when she did not want to t

yet to come. Hearts that desire things that

's history that she fear

d Grandma Elena's warnings and Jake's odd behaviour. Wit

d my phone buzzed. "I am so excited about the f

will." But I felt a pang in my

't even from a pack that we were allied with? I was ill

oice wailed back in the dream, lonely and sad but somehow, somehow familiar.

determined to follow him, even though Grandma Elena warned me not t

e wasn't aware of me. My stomach twisted with worry as his path led t

o sign of Jake, but I could hear voices shouting from the

ld as I heard t

nyon accent and