Heart of a Hero
“Blacklands.Wednesday, September 24 They’d been on the move for two hours when a rumbling roar resonated through the forest, so loud it froze every molecule in Sarah’s body.
Hunter’s hand shot up. “Don’t move!” he growled.
A crash of breaking brush sounded to her left. Sarah’s heart leaped to her throat. Hunter made a quick motion, as if he were patting a basketball. “Down!”
She dropped to the ground, heart crashing against her chest wall. He crouched next to her. “If he comes at us,” Hunter sai...d in a hushed voice, “don’t look in his eyes. Look at the earth.”
“If what comes?”
“Gorilla.”
She stared very hard at the forest floor, trying to make her body still.
They waited. A small cloud of bugs flitted about her face, but she didn’t dare flinch. Her muscles began to ache. But there was nothing, no more sound. The beast was somewhere just out sight, watching them, waiting. She could sense it.
Hunter reached for a bush, pulled down a thin branch and began to strip the fat, shiny leaves off with his hand, crushing them in his palm, making a crackling noise.MoreLess
Hunter’s hand shot up. “Don’t move!” he growled.
A crash of breaking brush sounded to her left. Sarah’s heart leaped to her throat. Hunter made a quick motion, as if he were patting a basketball. “Down!”
She dropped to the ground, heart crashing against her chest wall. He crouched next to her. “If he comes at us,” Hunter sai...d in a hushed voice, “don’t look in his eyes. Look at the earth.”
“If what comes?”
“Gorilla.”
She stared very hard at the forest floor, trying to make her body still.
They waited. A small cloud of bugs flitted about her face, but she didn’t dare flinch. Her muscles began to ache. But there was nothing, no more sound. The beast was somewhere just out sight, watching them, waiting. She could sense it.
Hunter reached for a bush, pulled down a thin branch and began to strip the fat, shiny leaves off with his hand, crushing them in his palm, making a crackling noise.MoreLess
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