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Another Full Moon (Caleb Hackett)

Caleb had never been afraid of the dark before. Even as a child, there was something intoxicating about the mystery surrounding the unknown that darkness presented. Danger or excitement could be hiding in the shadows, both existing at the same time. Like Schrodinger’s cat; that was one of the only things he’d ever taken away from science lessons, and he loved it. Now, however, darkness terrified him. Even when there was no moon at all, even when darkness only lasted a few hours at most, the reminder of what would happen worried him.

He heaved a breath, trying to focus on the fact that right now he was himself. The full moon wasn’t for another few days. Things were safe. The island was his sanctuary, far away from the other horrors that loomed in the forest; memories he’d much rather forget. The water was calm, a mirror beneath the darkened sky; somehow it looked like it wasn’t there at all. That the lake was simply a cavernous space; another unknown that had the possibility of anything.

‘I thought I’d find you here.’ His grandfather’s voice was soft, and yet still it startled Caleb enough that he almost tumbled from the bench. When he glanced at the old man, he didn’t see a trace of humour on his expression.

‘Can’t I stay here this month?’ Caleb asked. The thought of being locked in the cage again, even if it was to protect his family while they searched for Silas, set his teeth on edge. He’d rather be anywhere but there. Waking up on the cold floor, the red lights casting everything in a dim glow that felt like blood always made him feel worse. It reminded him of the fire. Of that night when all he’d wanted to do was help his sister protect someone. Save them from a life that was confined to a cage. The irony wasn’t lost on him.

His grandfather was silent as he settled on the bench beside him. Caleb averted his eyes, unable to watch the old man’s movements, to see the shift of his expression. There’d been a time when his grandfather had terrified him, but things had become easier between the two of them over time. All that hard work, however, had gone out the window the moment he brought the werewolf curse to them.

‘We need to test it. No point changing it so close to the summer,’ was all his grandfather said on the matter.

‘What if I can help by being out there?’ Caleb heard the note of desperation behind his voice, and hoped that his grandfather had missed it.

A gentle hand on his back assured him that he wasn’t that lucky.

‘It’s too dangerous,’ his grandfather admitted softly. ‘What if Silas killed you?’

‘What if I killed him?’

Caleb looked towards his grandfather. There was a slight frown on his face, but his attention was out across the water. ‘The risk’s too high.’

‘But you, Bobby and Travis can go out there?’

Slowly, his grandfather looked towards him. Caleb wanted the earth to open up and swallow him whole. The bitterness behind his voice was meant to be masked, and yet the comment had tumbled from his lips before he could stop it. He opened his mouth to apologise, but his grandfather waved him silent.

‘We have silver, and are in our right minds, Cal,’ he said, voice far more gentle than Caleb had heard it before. He sounded almost resigned; he sounded more like the old man he was than the terrifying patriarch Caleb usually saw him as. He gently clasped Caleb’s shoulder. ‘We will kill Silas and end this one day. I promise.’

Caleb nodded, not trusting himself to speak; asking about the island again would be useless. So instead, he nodded, and tried to hold onto that promise. Tried to let the hope it ignited scare away the fear of darkness that was growing inside him.

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