“A bat flashed past his head, its wings slicing the dark like scimitars. The haunting cry of an owl shimmered through the night. He’d spent the better part of two hours with Harris, gently urging him to call it a night and go to bed. The old hunter hadn’t looked well tonight—not really sick, but sad and fatigued. At sixty-six, his rough life and hard drinking had begun to catch up with him, and it showed. Cal had been worried enough to stay with him and walk him to his private room in the re...ar of the lodge. It would be a relief to get him away from this place and out on the Serengeti with no hotel bar to keep him up drinking at night. The bungalow was dark. Hopefully Megan would be asleep. She’d been tired, too—and prickly, he recalled. He should have known better than to bring up the idea of flying her home for therapy. But she’d given him an opening. He’d seized it and come away with his whiskers singed. He’d learned where she stood on the question of going home.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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