People of the Flood (Ark Chronicles 2) by Vaughn Heppner

Author:Vaughn Heppner [Heppner, Vaughn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-06-10T22:00:00+00:00

13.

They sat around a dark campfire. The dragon, with its exhausted limp, had followed them up the mountain pass but had fallen behind. Somewhere in the darkness, it was out there: prowling, hunting for them, hungry for their blood.

“It isn’t natural that it follows,” Ham said.

Nimrod spoke no more about possession. Since his amazing exploit, he had turned quiet and reflective.

Beor shivered under a blanket, sweaty, drinking lots of water. Ham had set his bone, but the big man had become feverish.

“I agree with you, Grandfather,” Eel said. “The beast isn’t acting naturally.”

“Which means it is acting unnaturally,” Ham said, “or supernaturally.” He glanced at Nimrod.

In the darkness, the handsome youth tested his arrows, saying nothing.

“Will it follow us all the way to the settlement?” Eel asked.

“I don’t see how,” Ham said. “And yet—what did you mean before when you said it was possessed?” he asked Nimrod.

Nimrod shrugged.

“That’s no answer,” Ham said.

The youth put his arrows away. “I told you what I know.”

“Have you?” Ham asked. “Everything?”

Nimrod’s blink seemed slow and snake-like. “What else could I know?”

“We don’t dare lead it back to the settlement,” Eel said. “One of us will have to stay behind and trick it.”

“Two of us,” Nimrod said.

“I’ll do it,” Ham said. “I know more about animals than anyone. You and Eel take Beor home.”

“No,” Nimrod said. “You have a bad hip. You can’t outrun the dragon. So you must take Beor home.” He peered at the stars, and it seemed he would say more.

But what more was there to say? Ham reluctantly agreed with Nimrod’s logic and set out that night. He reached the settlement a half week later and told them what had happened and what might possibly happen.

That’s when pandemonium broke out.

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