Chapter 28

Present Time

Janet unpacked and spread her belongings on the floor, much to her delight, discovering an aspirin tablet, chocolate bars, a water bottle, a fire starter, nuts, tissue paper, and an extra shirt amongst the other things in her backpack.

"Did you take all that from the museum's canteen? Where the hell is the book?" Ryan asked. He was Janet's best friend, and right now he was just pissed.

"Wait… what book are we talking about here, Ryan?" Janet asked and raised her eyebrows, checking the last thing in her backpack.

"Seriously? I was under the impression you had it with you? The book of the Lycans. The book from the museum would lead us to the map."

Janet went through her belongings one more time and discovered that none of the books Ryan had mentioned were in there. "There isn't a book here."

"How come you didn't bring it with you?" Ryan screamed and went to her side, where he rummaged through the backpack himself.

"Ryan