Something Wild by Anna Martin

Author:Anna Martin [Martin, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-272-3
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

ONCE ACROSS the bridge, Logan turned right as they headed into the island and up, onto the road that followed the curve of the beach that led to the observation deck. It provided the best vantage point to stop and look down into the forest, and maybe catch a glimpse of one of the dinosaurs.

Visitors wanted to see dinosaurs they recognized, and the agile, feathery animals that held the territory near the observation deck were often disappointing. Logan had been asked, more than once, to build another observation deck closer to the sandbank that connected the West and North Islands. But he kept refusing. It was too dangerous and too close to coelurosaur territory.

Coelurosaurs were a group of dinosaurs that included species including Tyrannosaurus rex and the carnotaurus that had attacked Logan. The animals that had been identified as coelurosaurs on the North Island were difficult to describe, though if there was one thing everyone could agree on, it was that they had evolved significantly from any animal found in the fossil record. These coelurosaurs were about six feet tall, walked on their hind legs, and were predators. For that reason, Logan didn’t ever get too close to them. They appeared to be fairly still, slow-moving animals, likely scavengers. Logan wasn’t willing to test that theory, though. As predators, they weren’t likely to turn down a meal that fell in their lap.

Logan was very sure he did not want to end up as a meal.

“Logan,” Kit said, slapping at his arm. “Pull over.”

He did, craning his neck out the window to look at the small animals scurrying through the undergrowth.

“Huh,” he said. “Those are ornithomimus. That’s good news and bad.”

Helena was practically in Marie’s lap, looking out the window as the herbivores stopped moving and looked back at the car. The ornithomimus were fast-moving, the gazelles of this world, about five or six feet long when fully grown. They had distinctive beaked mouths, which helped them graze on different types of vegetation, and feathered forearms.

“How is this bad?” Marie breathed. She lifted her camera and took a few snaps.

“You can put the window down,” Logan said. “They’re not any risk to us, and if they’re around, it means the coelurosaurs are nowhere near. Ornithomimus are the dinosaurs we see most often in this area. They’re fairly common and seem to spread over both islands in a few different social groups—unlike the dissimosaurs, who stick together in tight herds.”

“Is that one of your tags?” Kit asked, pointing to one of the animals’ flanks, which showed a long scar.

“No. All my tags go into the scruff of the animal’s neck or their hind leg. And they’re like the same tags used on domestic cats and dogs. That’s from a predator attack, likely an oviraptor. He was lucky to get away.”

Logan knew that from experience.

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