Colleen

?Is it what you suspected the first man, the silent man, asked. The leader cocked his head and locked eyes with Colleen. His monstrous, amber glare peered deeply into hers, violating her very psyche in some unexplainable way. Suddenly he grinned, revealing straight, gleaming teeth. ?Oh what big teeth you have!? Colleen instantly thought. Oh yes, ? he murmured as a giddy amusement rose from deep within him. ?Yes, she carries his scent.? Colleen gulped thickly and her blood ran cold. Somehow she knew he was talking about her father. Besides, ? the leader went on, leaning in closer to her face, ?I would recognize those eyes anywhere.? After all, they were the exact same eyes he had hunted so many years before