One Dinosaur One Bullet by Dane Hatchell

Author:Dane Hatchell [Hatchell, Dane]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Two-Fisted Pulp Press
Published: 2018-04-23T04:00:00+00:00

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It’s my fault! It’s my fault! It’s my fault! Bo repeated in his head as he dashed through brush and avoided trees. Dad’s dead, and it’s my fault!

Things had gone so wrong. All the careful planning he’d done; the clandestine meetings—playing a double agent with the Wellingtons. He believed he thought of every detail, every angle. Killing Janice was supposed to be the perfect crime. Bo meant no harm to come to his father. He just wanted the old man out of the way so he could take over the company.

How was he going to live with himself? His dad stood no chance with those savage Velociraptors. How long could his Dad hold out? Getting eaten alive by those dinosaurs would be one of the most horrible of deaths.

Bo questioned why he let his dad sacrifice himself. He should have taken his dad’s place and died instead! It was his fault they didn’t leave yesterday on schedule. He was the one who bypassed security and reset the time platform’s departure date.

But who was he kidding? He wasn’t man enough to push his dad aside and take his place. In fact, when his dad ordered them to leave, Bo’s legs churned like they had a mind of their own.

He was a failure! A coward! Bo despised himself!

Whitney and Warren huffed as they chugged air; fear gave their feet wings. Sweat glistened off their tight, determined faces. Instinct had taken over. Rationality replaced by the emotion of flight to survive.

Bo no longer felt human. He was no better than another beast in the forest running for its life for a chance to live another day.

He wasn’t alone, though. There were two others in his care.

The last thing his dad had said to him was ‘to be a man.’ To be a man by getting Whitney and Warren back to their time.

His dad’s last wish.

Bo had one last chance not to fail his dad.

I can do this, he thought. They were almost to the platform and minutes away from departure.

The chance of redemption renewed his strength. “Keep going! Stay north! Won’t be long!”

No sooner had the words left his mouth, Whitney cried out and crashed to the ground behind him.

Bo turned and saw Warren reaching down with one hand to help her up while gripping Janice’s rifle in his other hand.

“It hurts! It hurts!” Whitney squealed a sharp cry as she grabbed hold of her right ankle.

“You have to get up, Whitney,” Warren said. “Take my hand and pull yourself up.”

With cautious effort, the ebony beauty put her weight on her left leg, and with Warren’s aid, slowly rose.

“Can you walk?” Bo asked.

Testing the right foot on the ground, Whitney said, “I think so…hurts like hell, though.”

“All we’re worried about right now is getting home,” Bo said. “You good to go?”

She nodded, took a step, grimaced, and then hobbled forward past him.

“Go as fast as you can,” Bo said. “We still have time. You got this.”

The three kept a steady pace for a few minutes and soon the time platform loomed a mere fifty yards away.

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