Scott Free (2003)
“He barely made it from his butt to his knees before his insides cramped up hard, doubling him over till his nose nearly touched the frozen floor. He retched and his stomach heaved, producing only a thin line of yellow gunk that quickly spread as a stain on the shelter’s floor. Two more in quick succession produced only more of the same, and by the time his guts settled down, Scott found that he was crying, and feeling stupid for it. He wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his parka.You got nothing... in you to puke up, his mind told him, and right at this moment, he wasn’t sure whether the thought of food was attractive or repulsive.As he stared at the mess he’d made, it dawned on him that he could see without a flashlight; that morning had finally arrived, ending the longest night of his life. Well, thank God for that.The wolves’ feeding frenzy had lasted for hours, producing sounds unlike anything he’d ever heard: a nightmarish cacophony of growls and barks and whimpers, punctuated with that grotesque tearing sound as meat was pulled from bone.But they never again attempted to enter the shelter.He crawled outside.MoreLess
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