Not Quite Gone (A Lowcountry Mystery)
“He’s on the ground, holding his ankle and gasping for air, his face so white it’s nearly see-through. I drop to my knees at his side.
“Gracie, don’t. Snake.” The panted words are hard to understand. At first.
My instinct is to set the entire place on fire, or at the very least, to run. Snakes are not my favorite. But Beau needs my help. I ignore him, leaning forward to peer at his leg. Even in the dark the fang marks, which seem too far apart to be real, glow in the center of a red welt that’s ...growing before my eyes.
“Holy shit, that’s bad. It’s bad. We’ve got to get you to a hospital.”
Movement in the grass catches my eye and I startle. It’s the woman. She’s at Beau’s back, carefully hidden from sight, crouched down in the tall grasses. Her eyes are closed and her hands drift in the air out in front of her, as though working strings on a marionette. After a moment she opens them, looks at me, and nods. Her finger raises again, but this time, instead of waving me off, she points into the grasses.MoreLess
“Gracie, don’t. Snake.” The panted words are hard to understand. At first.
My instinct is to set the entire place on fire, or at the very least, to run. Snakes are not my favorite. But Beau needs my help. I ignore him, leaning forward to peer at his leg. Even in the dark the fang marks, which seem too far apart to be real, glow in the center of a red welt that’s ...growing before my eyes.
“Holy shit, that’s bad. It’s bad. We’ve got to get you to a hospital.”
Movement in the grass catches my eye and I startle. It’s the woman. She’s at Beau’s back, carefully hidden from sight, crouched down in the tall grasses. Her eyes are closed and her hands drift in the air out in front of her, as though working strings on a marionette. After a moment she opens them, looks at me, and nods. Her finger raises again, but this time, instead of waving me off, she points into the grasses.MoreLess
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