The Breach
“They were caked with clay; he could barely get his finger into the trigger well.
In the silence, only a soft breeze moved. The boughs of the smallest saplings rose and fell with it.
What had Shaw yelled? Eyes open for a weapon. Would the killer’s gun be visible?
Travis swept his gaze left to right, slowly, trying not to focus on any one thing. With no other sound or movement among the trees, maybe he’d see something.
Then he did see something—but not in front of him.
At the bottom edge of his v...ision: a shimmer of blue. Against all instinct to keep his eyes on his surroundings, Travis looked down. His last handful of dirt had exposed a dime-sized portion of the Whisper’s surface. The color swam across the face of the sphere. It looked like a little world, all ocean, all in twilight at the same time, somehow.
Something stirred in the trees.
He snapped his gaze up but saw no sign of movement. He couldn’t even be sure which way the sound had come from. He pivoted, still kneeling, but saw nothing on any side.MoreLess
In the silence, only a soft breeze moved. The boughs of the smallest saplings rose and fell with it.
What had Shaw yelled? Eyes open for a weapon. Would the killer’s gun be visible?
Travis swept his gaze left to right, slowly, trying not to focus on any one thing. With no other sound or movement among the trees, maybe he’d see something.
Then he did see something—but not in front of him.
At the bottom edge of his v...ision: a shimmer of blue. Against all instinct to keep his eyes on his surroundings, Travis looked down. His last handful of dirt had exposed a dime-sized portion of the Whisper’s surface. The color swam across the face of the sphere. It looked like a little world, all ocean, all in twilight at the same time, somehow.
Something stirred in the trees.
He snapped his gaze up but saw no sign of movement. He couldn’t even be sure which way the sound had come from. He pivoted, still kneeling, but saw nothing on any side.MoreLess
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