Opus Odyssey: A Survival and Preparedness Story (One Man's Opus Book 2) by Boyd Craven III

Author:Boyd Craven III [Craven III, Boyd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-13T23:00:00+00:00

Tina wanted to swim in the Great Salt Lake, but it really wasn’t warm, and she hadn’t brought a suit. We could have bought one, but we walked the shoreline instead. Opus went into the water up to his knees, stuck his tongue out as if to take a drink and let the water run back out of his mouth immediately. He made sure to walk out slowly, so not to splash it all over.

“It looks like a regular lake,” Tina said. “But I can smell the salt from here.”

“Yeah, I did a little google research, and it looks like three rivers feed into here. The causeway sort of splits the northern sides up a bit, so the water looks different from the air. I guess it’s something to do with what kind of algae can live at different salinity levels and stuff.”

“You’re such an adorable geek sometimes,” she told me and leaned into my side.

I was about to hug her when Opus snarled at something that darted at the tree line, fierce barks erupting.

“Opus, Nein!” Tina called, and the dog came to a stuttering halt, his great paws making lines in the sandy area separating the beach from the shore we’d been walking down.

Opus’s fur stood up, and he made a weird growling noise but didn’t move. I got closer to him, and after a moment's hesitation, Tina did too. I put my hand on his scruff and realized he’d gotten quieter when I’d gotten closer, but his growl was that weird one he’d done before when he’d warned me at the house. I gave him a quick pet from scruff to tail and then in an almost unconscious act, patted my right side where I’d been carrying the Beretta.

“What is it, boy?” Tina asked, her voice shaking.

“He’s making the same sound I told you about. I don’t know what he’s telling me,” I told her.

Something crashed through the brush, and Opus almost took off running, but Tina caught his collar while he barked. His fur stood on end, and if it was possible for an already mutant looking hellhound to grow in size, he totally hulked out, saliva starting to run from the edges of his mouth.

“Opus, what is it? Bear?” Tina asked, looking at me.

“Does he know what a bear is?” I asked her.

“I don’t think so. I’ve never seen him do this before,” she told me.

“Let’s get out of here,” I told her.

“Right behind you,” she whispered, and I noticed she had goosebumps running up and down her arms as she rubbed them.

“Opus, you keep an eye on your mom for me, buddy,” I told him.

He barked a little louder than I expected but when I moved, he walked between Tina and the woods. We made it back to the van without incident, but almost bumped into somebody who was walking down the sidewalk. I stepped out of his way, and Opus bumped Tina over.

The man had his head down and was reading something on his phone intently by the look of things.

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