Photographing the Dead by Dean Koontz

Author:Dean Koontz [Koontz, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Amazon: B07Y8HLS8T
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
Published: 2019-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Near the end of the fourth day of their hike, Mia and Kara Benton come out of the trees into a meadow where a family of mule deer—a buck, two does, a fawn—are grazing. The animals raise their heads from the grass to stare at the twins, their faces grave and gentle. They flare their large ears, which earn them the mule part of their name, but after a moment they decide no threat is imminent, and they return to their grazing.

Mia takes her sister’s hand, and they stand watching for a while before they continue along the perimeter of the meadow, venturing no closer to the deer.

Although she thinks that her sister probably already knows this, Mia says, “Of all wildlife, mule deer fawns are the safest newborns, ’cause during their entire first year, they don’t produce a scent by which a predator might find them.”

“After four days,” Kara says, “we’re producing a nice ripe scent, but I guess we don’t smell like predators to the deer.”

Within half an hour, they come to a suitable place to camp. Familiar with this trail, they realize they’re ahead of schedule, only six miles from Millerton Lake. Friday will be a short day.

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