Running Wild
“Long rays of light spiked through the clouds that billowed with increasing denseness atop the bank’s horizon, turning the mass into a spectacular wash of orange, scarlet, gold and violet. The result was stop-the-breath-in-your-throat stunning. But Mags also knew it heralded nightfall. Soon.
And that wasn’t good.
“It’s going to be dark in about five minutes,” she said. And so far they hadn’t found so much as a chink in the impenetrable foliage lining the banks.
“I know.” Finn had removed his bac...kpack shortly after they’d cleared town and he nudged it with his toe in her direction. “I have a headlamp in there. I want you to go get us the life jackets from under the bow. Put yours and the headlamp on. When it turns full dark I’ll row for a while. It’ll be safer than using the motor. Your job is to keep an eye peeled for anything that might get in our way and a potential place to pull over.”
“And if we don’t find one?”
“We hope to hell there’s an anchor under the bow as well, because it’s not safe to travel blind for long.MoreLess
And that wasn’t good.
“It’s going to be dark in about five minutes,” she said. And so far they hadn’t found so much as a chink in the impenetrable foliage lining the banks.
“I know.” Finn had removed his bac...kpack shortly after they’d cleared town and he nudged it with his toe in her direction. “I have a headlamp in there. I want you to go get us the life jackets from under the bow. Put yours and the headlamp on. When it turns full dark I’ll row for a while. It’ll be safer than using the motor. Your job is to keep an eye peeled for anything that might get in our way and a potential place to pull over.”
“And if we don’t find one?”
“We hope to hell there’s an anchor under the bow as well, because it’s not safe to travel blind for long.MoreLess
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