Uncharted Destiny (The Uncharted Series Book 7) by Keely Brooke Keith

Author:Keely Brooke Keith [Keith, Keely Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Victorian Era, 19th Century, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Frontier-Pioneer Era, Cowboy & Western Romance, Hearts Desire, American West, Clean & Wholesome, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty, The Uncharted Series, Alternate-History Romance, Hidden Society, Intriguing Twists & Turns, Transcends Time & Place, Dual Timeline Story, Time Travel Romance, Futuristic Twist
Publisher: Edenbrooke Press
Published: 2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00

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“It’s him!” The words escaped Bailey’s lips as she scrambled to get down from the summit, her heart still pounding.

Revel shouted from above, “Bailey, wait!”

She wasn’t waiting for anyone. Her toes quickly found holds in the rock as she descended. When she got close to the bottom of the summit’s massive boulder, she let go and hopped down to the dirt path. Her right ankle felt as if the skin were numb, but there was no time to stop and check it.

“Tim?” she called out. “Tim?”

“Shh,” one of the guys shushed from behind her.

She was so close to finding Tim, to finding her father, which would validate her identity, which would reveal her destiny. No, she wasn’t waiting for anyone and she certainly wasn’t shushing.

The fog thickened the farther she ran down the path. The steep incline added to her momentum. Soon, she had to force herself to slow down so she could see when she was approaching a crossing path. She stopped at the first dirt trail intersection she came to and listened.

All she could hear was the guys leaving the summit behind her. She scanned the ground for Tim’s boot prints as far as the fog allowed her to see.

Nothing.

She would have to search the path in both directions unless she heard his voice again. If only he would use his radio!

Turning north, she followed the hazy path as it veered around boulders and passed craggy hollows in the mountainside. She paused in front of each dark rock shelter and called to Tim. He never answered. She was half relieved he wasn’t in some cave because she didn’t want to squeeze into a dank space to search for him. He was out here on the path somewhere, and she would find him.

Her right boot felt tight but not as tight as the grip that creepy vine had used on her ankle. Pain had never stopped her in a fight and this strange feeling wouldn’t stop her now. She held her backpack straps with both hands and rushed along the narrow path until it looped back upon itself by a scraggly fir tree.

Turquoise blue ovals on the ground by the tree’s trunk gleamed in stunning contrast to the surrounding brown dirt and gray fog. She pushed back a branch to get a better look. Three large blue eggs were nestled in a pile of twigs, each egg at least nine inches long.

Bailey’s breath caught with delighted interest. She wished she had a camera. The eggs had to belong to the giant bird that made the paths. Or birds. Levi had been right when he said there were more than one of the creatures.

The mountains could be full of territorial birds that aggressively defended their mating grounds. Maybe that was why the old stories claimed no one made it out of the mountains alive. If these birds possessed the kick of the ostrich, the aggression of the cassowary, and were as big as the moa, no human stood a fighting chance.

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