Chapter 48. Ethan Returns

Ethan’s POV

[Ethan’s house, at night]

“Crunch!…crunch!…crunch!” the popcorn sounded as I chewed on it, watching a movie or rather staring mindlessly at the TV.

“This shit is boring man,” I said and then took the remote from beside me and flipped through the channels. Then I stopped at CNN. Another headline about another death by the killer in the forest.

“It’s the beast again,” I muttered. I was really pissed at whatever that beast was. Just thinking about the prospect of death pissed me off even more so than usual, considering the fact that all I had been thinking about for the past few weeks was my mom’s death. I missed her so bad.

“I’ve gotta kill this thing,” I thought, “and I’ve gotta do it fast,” I muttered. Then I dropped the bowl of popcorn on the couch and got up quickly.

I went to get some clothes and then left the house. I was headed to the forests to find the beast myself and put an end to this.

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