Grai's Game (First Wave Book 4) by Mikayla Lane

Author:Mikayla Lane [Lane, Mikayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-07-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Grai moved silently through the trees and ground cover, leading his team to the village where Bratan had located the desecrated bodies of the people who had lived there.

“Still clear. No sign of the dark ones,” Dread said through the Shengari’. The same statement was echoed by Viper and Balduen, each team staying in contact with the others as they converged on the village from different angles.

“There is a smell. I cannot place it. I have scented it before, but I do not know where yet. I see no sign of the dark things,” Gibly told Grai in his mind.

Grai almost shook his head at the brave cat who had staunchly refused to be left out of this mission. He had successfully argued with Grai and Ivint that his ability to see the dark ones and use the canopy of the trees as a cover would assist the teams by giving them an aerial view of the area they were heading into.

Grai had been the biggest hold out to Gibly joining them. It wasn’t that he didn’t like the animal. On the contrary, he respected and genuinely liked the cat—which is why he didn’t want to feel responsible if anything happened to the intelligent little creature.

Grai had finally relented when Gibly and Ivint had pointed out that he was going to be the safest of all of them because of his ability to use the trees to escape if needed.

Fifteen minutes later, Grai knew that they were getting closer when the smell of blood and decaying flesh began to drift to them along the wisps of wind.

“Grai, we have reached the village. It is worse than we thought. There is no sign that anything is alive or has been in days,” Dread reported through the Shengari’ to the others.

They had agreed prior to arrival that they would only speak using the energy paths to ensure that their voices would not carry and give away their location in case Dagog’s forces were still in the area. Grai and Ivint agreed—the element of surprise would give them an edge.

Grai cursed quietly, moving his team forward the few extra yards to the village, the smell momentarily overpowering his senses. Viper’s team and Gibly were to stay hidden surrounding the village while Grai, Dread, and Balduen searched each structure and inspected the bodies.

Stepping into the clearing, Grai noticed the eerie sounds of the insects flying around while the normal sounds of birds and animals were strangely absent.

Looking around the area, Grai was surprised that more care hadn’t been taken to secure the scene. Normally when his brother and father tried to cover up their activities, they were more thorough.

Large pools and splashes of blood dotted the packed dirt in the center of the village. Deeply decaying bodies and body parts riddled with insect activity littered the area as well.

A few feet into the clearing, Grai squatted down to inspect the first body that he came to.

Bratan was right, Grai thought. These are no victims of Ebola.

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