Chapter Twenty

As we ate our food in silence, I snuck a glance in Zak’s direction, but caught a glimpse of a little shadow standing just out of sight. The boy, maybe five or six, hid further behind Zak when I spotted him. 

"Hello." I say. The boy finally steps out, creeping up to me with curiosity in his eyes. "What's your name?"

He looks up at Zak who gives a small nod. "Dylan." He says as he studies me and his nose scrunches up. "You smell weird."

I couldn't help but laugh at the odd comment. "Do I?" I figured my night in the woods was to blame.

He looks back to Zak and they stare at each other for a moment as if exchanging a conversation I couldn’t hear. "Oh, that makes sense." Dylan says aloud as if in the middle of a discussion then turns back to me. "Is that why she's pr