title: Strange Woods: The Keepers, Book One
author:  Alexandria Noel 
description: Alexandria is currently a second year student at Buffalo State College and lives her family and large (much loved) dog, in Buffalo, NY. She has a large and loud extended family who have (mostly) no influence on her writing, or a lot of influence, depending on who you're asking.
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  Part One
  
  Chapter 1
  Two men trod carefully through the trees in search of their prey. Bluebells and wild
  garlic were underfoot, beech and Douglas firs on all sides, tendrils of early morning fog still clinging
  to the damp slopes. Somewhere in this wood was the quarry.
  The man in front, feeling brave thanks to the morning sherry, his bolt-action Purdey, and the
  security man covering his back, was Lord Oakleigh. A Queen’s Coun