When Miles, Bernard, and the other men returned, it was to announce they'd found nothing. They had traveled all through the woods, over the hills, and as far as they could manage. It was decided that, whatever the thing was, it must have fled upon being spotted.
Delaney didn't believe that though. She still remembered the creepy eyes watching her. There had been no fear there. The men from the stables had combed through the woods shortly after she'd seen it and they'd come up with nothing either. She couldn't believe the thing could've fled that fast.
No, she believed that, whatever it was, it was hiding. And hiding well.
Trying to put the thing from her mind, Delaney immersed herself in spending time with her friends. Along with Miles and Bernard, the five of them stayed up playing cards and talking and laughing. They slept late in the mornings but when they awoke they'd picnic outside in the gardens or explore the manor.
