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Nancy, Sarah, and Eric Vornholt, and Lee Whiteside

COYOTE MOON

Chapter 1

The night wind brought a howl that was sharp and high-pitched, like a
baby crying. Only it wasn't a human baby. Buffy Summers paused to
listen as she stepped out of the Bronze, Sunnydale's coolest club.

Of course, it was Sunnydale's only club, and they let everybody in--but
it was still cool, somehow.

The door opened again, and Xander, her friend, stepped into the dark
alley, bumping into her with his gangly body. "Hey, Buffy, this is a
doorway, not a parking lot."

"Sorry," she said. "Do you hear that?"

Xander frowned as he listened to the rock music thumping through the
walls. "Do you think the band finally hit the right chord?"

"No way," Buffy answered. "It was something else, like a howl."

The door opened again, and Willow stepped out and bumped into them. "Are
we pretending to be the Three Stooges?" she asked.

"No," Xander answered. "That's when we all try to go through the door
at the same time. This is where we stand in the alley and listen to...
What are we listening to?"

Buffy shook her mane of honey-blond hair. "I don't know, just some
weird sound--like a howl."

"Are you sure it wasn't the lead singer?" Willow asked.

Buffy sighed. "Okay, so tonight wasn't Lollapalooza at the Bronze. Have
you got a better idea where to go?"

"We could go home and sleep?" Willow said hopefully.

"There's plenty of time to sleep once school starts again," Xander
scoffed. "Biology, English literature, study hall in the library--what
could be more restful? But for right now, we've got to party!"