The Eyes Between the Trees

Warning. If you ever see glowing eyes watching you from between the trees,

do not look directly at them. My grandfather broke this rule, and what happened

next still haunts our family. He was hunting alone in the Blackwood Forest when he noticed

them. Pairs of yellow eyes, floating in the darkness,

always keeping the same distance. At first, he thought they were wolves.

But wolves don't stand perfectly still for hours. And they don't multiply. Every time he looked

away and back again, there were more eyes. Two became four. Four became eight.

Soon, dozens of them surrounded him in a perfect circle. He tried to run,