Chapter 105

They were back at it after lunch, more time on the snowmobiles scouring the white wilderness. More fruitless searching in the vast barely populated spaces. More hunting for the Chupacabra with no results. They spoke to people who were at home, mentally taking note of the likeliest spots for attack.

Sophia's heart nearly stopped when she came to two tiny carcasses frozen in the snow. Two ravaged animals. Holding back the fear that suddenly rose up within her, she took her rifle and dismounted from the snowmobile to take a closer look. Just like the ones Mark had found in Texas. A snack for the devil beast, not enough to slake the lust but to take the edge off. But if it ran true to form, the next kill wasn't far off.

"Bobby, I know the signs," she told him urgently when she, Logan and Sophia returned to the barracks. "And this wasn't done by any crazed killer."

"But it could have been a wild animal foraging for food," he persisted.