Dawn of Mammals (Book 4): Killer Pack by Cadle Lou

Author:Cadle, Lou [Cadle, Lou]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction | Time Travel
Publisher: Cadle-Sparks Books
Published: 2016-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Claire said, “How about water? A place to build a camp? Anything else you saw? Other animals?”

“Water, a decent-sized stream,” said Ted. “We have water in the bottles still. You guys thirsty?”

They were.

When they had all sated their thirst, Claire said, “Okay, here’s what we’re going to do. Zach, I want you and Dixie to go back to the campfire. Mr. O’Brien will want to know they’re both okay, for one thing. Take the full bottles of water. Dixie, you can catch up on sleep.”

Zach said, “Why me?”

“No offense, but until your hand heals, you’re not much good in a fight. I wish you’d broken your other hand, but you didn’t.” Claire softened her words with a smile. “You help Mr. O’Brien and make sure he doesn’t do too much. Dixie can help gather nuts after she sleeps. We’ll all definitely be back before nightfall, no matter what it takes.”

Zach and Jodi reached for each other’s hands, held on for a moment, and then reluctantly let go. “I’ll be fine,” he said. “And I don’t worry about you at all. You are crazy good with that club.”

Hannah suspected he was lying, that he would worry. His kindness in saying he wouldn’t told her, as much as anything, how real their feelings for each other were. She felt a pang. Not jealousy, exactly, but something nearer grief. She might never get the chance to have that again.

Forget about it. Focus on today. Stay alive. That’s all you need to do right now.

Dixie and Zach went one direction, the rest of them the other. Ted was energetic and happy, like a tour guide. “Okay, we didn’t go over there, but it’s something else to look at. And we saw grazing animals up on that rise. Short legs, long heads. And the stream is down this way. I figured we should follow the land down, if we could, to find water, and there it was.”

Hannah stayed at the rear, checking constantly for danger. She didn’t want to encounter the group of dogs Ted had described, and so she was on the lookout for escape routes, protection, a means of defense. There were patches of bushes and the occasional tree. While there were rocks scattered on the ground, it wasn’t like the area of ravines. There were no rock outcroppings to climb or hide behind. She mentally marked a couple of spots where the growth thinned. She’d check those out later, on the way back, to see if the soil beneath might have a higher clay content. They had enough bowls made, but if they were going to build another brick cabin, they needed clay for that.

By the time they reached the stream, it was nearly noon. They all drank as much as they wanted, dipping the water bottles in and letting the stream fill them. The water was clear and cold. Ted said, “I didn’t explore it all the way up, so I don’t know the source of it.”

“I’m more interested in downstream,” said Claire.

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