The Beasts of Stoneclad Mountain by Gerry Griffiths

Author:Gerry Griffiths [Griffiths, Gerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Adventure, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781925597646
Amazon: 1925597644
Goodreads: 35157810
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2017-05-16T05:00:00+00:00

28

Ethan and Clay were seated on the log, resting their feet. Clay had one of his boots off, and was massaging his tired foot.

Tearing off a piece of pemmican, Ethan handed the strip to Clay. Ethan ripped off another chunk and gave it to Blu sitting by his feet. The dog gobbled it up without even chewing once and swallowed it down.

“Thanks,” Clay said, slipping the jerky into the side of his mouth to suck on like a plug of chewing tobacco.

They looked over at Alden, who was hunched down on his hindquarters by a raspberry patch about ten feet away. Even though his hands were the size of a catcher’s mitt, there was a certain grace in the way he delicately plucked each berry individually with his fat fingers and popped it in his thick-lipped mouth.

His lower lip was reddening from the raspberry drool. Whenever he opened his mouth, the sight was a little off-putting, as the blood red on his tombstone teeth made him look more like a feasting carnivore.

“Do you think he eats meat?” Clay asked.

“Don’t rightly know. Micah never mentioned it. Though I don’t think Alden got that big eating twigs.”

“No, I suppose not. How much do you think he weighs?”

“Three hundred, maybe more.”

“Do you think he knows what we’re saying?” Clay asked.

“Why don’t you ask him yourself?”

“I don’t really…”

Alden turned his head casually toward the men. He smacked his lips, let out a deep snort, and cocked his head a few times at the fruited bushes.

“Well, I’ll be,” Ethan said. “He’s inviting us over to join him.”

“Boy, I wish Mia was here to see this. What’s keeping her so long?”

“Must still need her privacy,” Ethan said.

“Maybe I should—”

Blu jumped up and bayed like a prison bloodhound that had just picked up the scent of an escapee. He took off in a fast gallop and disappeared up the trail.

Alden stood erect and gazed up at the mountain slope but stood his ground.

“What’s gotten into Blu?” Clay asked.

“I don’t know. I better go get him before he gets himself into trouble,” Ethan said, gathering up his backpack and rifle.

“I’ll wait here for Mia. We’ll catch up.”

“All right. Hopefully, Blu runs out of steam before he gets too far,” Ethan said.

Clay watched his uncle hightail it up the trail after Blu.

He bent over, slipped his stocking foot inside his boot and tied up the laces. He stood up from the log and grabbed the Winchester.

“Mia!” Clay yelled. “We have to go!”

He waited for an answer, but there was none. He tried again with a similar result.

“We better see what’s keeping her,” Clay said to Alden then laughed to himself for thinking the creature could understand what he was saying.

The bigfoot grunted.

“Well, aren’t you something,” Clay said.

Clay tried to remember which way she had gone, and when he decided he was fairly certain, the two went off in search of Mia.

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