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    The view to the driveway from the woods was blocked for the most part by the house, and Julia stepped lightly but quickly as she walked down the path to where Kyle and Katherine had parked their car. Her heart was beating so loud that she thought they might hear it from where they were standing guard. She bent down next to the front right tire and reached her hand under the fender. Nothing there. She bit her lip and slid her hand along the underside of the fender. Finally her fingers bumped into something hard. She pulled out the small metal case with trembling hands. Going around to the driver's side of the car, she fumbled with the clasp. It didn't open. She bent her head over the case and dug her nail into the gap, pulling hard.
    The case opened with a snap, and the key fell to the pavement with a loud clang. Julia scrambled to pick it up and unlocked the car door.
    "Julia? Hey! Hey !" Kyle and Katherine emerged from behind the house. Julia jumped into the car. She shoved the key into the ignition. She locked the doors.
    " HEY! "
    Kyle began to run towards the car as Julia turned the key. The engine roared to life, and she shifted into drive. Kyle slammed his hand down on the trunk just as she pressed the gas pedal. He ran alongside the car as she accelerated. His hand knocked against the window once, hard, and then she careened around the corner, tires squealing, and left him behind her on the road.
    In the rear view mirror, she saw Kyle running towards the woods, shifting into wolf form as he did. Katherine joined him a second later. They would try to cut her off. She sped up, heedless of the speedometer needle as it crept towards sixty miles per hour, then seventy on the small, two-lane highway. There was no way they could catch her, not at this speed. After a minute of driving, she began to let up on the gas, relief washing over her. She flicked on her headlights as darkness fell, the sky a dusky gray.
    Julia pulled out her phone and dialed Damien's number.
    "Julia? We're almost there."
    "Kyle and Katherine already left," Julia said, her voice shaky and a bit more high-pitched than usual. She breathed deeply to calm herself down. It was over. She was safe. Then she had a sudden thought.
    "Granny Dee!" she cried. "They might go back to get her. She was just going to get groceries."
    "I'll wait for her," Damien said. She heard him giving Jordan directions to turn left. "We'll meet up afterward."
    "Okay," Julia said, pressing the phone to her ear as she went around a curve. She could not see far ahead, and she hoped that she would not hit any of the deer that often came out during dusk to graze. There was a car behind her, the headlights glaring. "Damn."
    "What is it?" Damien asked.
    "Nothing, just some guy tailgating me." The SUV's lights shone directly into her rear view mirror, coming closer and closer. "There's really nowhere to pass on this road. Hold on, let me—"
    The SUV crashed into her bumper. The phone went flying. Julia slammed into the steering wheel as the impact pushed her back, then forward. She clutched the wheel, trying desperately to stay on the road. Kyle . How could they have found another car so quickly?
    "Julia? Julia !" Damien's voice sounded tinny coming from the phone's speaker. Julia did not want to reach for it. She had to keep a hold of the wheel.
    "Damien, he's here! He's in a car! It's ramming into me!"
    Another jolt shocked her body and the car swerved into the other lane. An oncoming truck blared its horn as Julia just barely yanked the car back into the right lane. She pressed on the gas. If only she could outrun him.
    "Julia!"
    The shock of the impact came at the same moment as the sound: metal on metal, grating harshly. The wheel ripped out of her hands as the car skidded sideways under the momentum of the crash. She raised her hands. The car flew over the side of the road. Trees loomed in front, illuminated by headlights. There was no stopping it. Time stopped as the