The Dove (Prophecy Series) by Sala Sharon

Author:Sala, Sharon [Sala, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sharon Sala Books
Published: 2014-03-17T23:00:00+00:00

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It was the third day since their exit from Naaki Chava and there was a distinct attitude shift in everyone with regard to acceptance of their lot, even an eagerness to see what lay ahead. They’d been climbing in altitude since early that morning, anxious to get over this latest mountain that stood in their path, and it was the sudden absence of sound that first alerted Yuma something was wrong. He started to mention it to Tyhen, then saw her motionless by a tree just a few feet ahead of him. Her head was cocked slightly to one side, and he could tell she was listening.

“What’s happening?” he asked.

Her expression was just short of horror.

“Earthquake, Yuma. There’s going to be an earthquake. We need to get everyone off this mountain.”

Before she could sound the alarm, a loud boom rocked the jungle so loud that all the birds took to the air, so many it momentarily blotted out the sun. At the same time, Tyhen felt the first earthly shudder beneath her feet.

Yuma grabbed her hand as people all around them began scrambling.

“What do we do?” she cried.

“We should be out in the open, but that’s not going to happen. Grab a tree and hold on.”

The roar that followed the boom sounded like an avalanche as the ground began to shake. People were screaming; some were crying, but they’d all had the presence of mind to grab for the trees to stabilize their footing.

Tyhen had a death grip on a tree and Yuma had his arms around her, but when a large limb broke off above them and came crashing down beside them, she lost her hold and was tossed to the ground. Before she could panic, Yuma yanked her up and pinned her up against the tree.

“Hold on to me!” he said, yelling to be heard above the noise as he reached around her and grabbed hold of the trunk.

Heart pounding, she locked her hands around his waist as he dug his fingernails into the bark.

Unable to hold onto its perch, a monkey dropped from the canopy above, falling to its death only a few feet from where they were. Shocked, she quickly looked away, but when they began dropping with sickening regularity, they became another part of the nightmare.

It wasn’t until wild animals began racing past them that they realized there was even more at stake. The animals weren’t running downhill to get away or running amok in every direction. They were all running west. That made Yuma nervous. They’d been climbing in elevation for almost half a day, and it suddenly occurred to him that something else besides the ensuing earthquake must be imminent.

After watching yet another monkey fall to its death at her feet, Tyhen closed her eyes, and the moment she did, there flashed a vision of earth giving way above them. She staggered as she pushed out of Yuma’s grasp and began to shout.

“There will be a landslide. The mountain is going to give way above us.

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