RUNAWAY MOON by Howard Brian Edgar

Author:Howard Brian Edgar [Edgar, Howard Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Howard Brian Edgar
Published: 2015-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

Jake Three creeps slowly and silently along the high ridge above Lake Tahoe like a predatory cat that knows every inch of the terrain. He’s been a hunter since he learned to walk. Now, at sixteen, he already has well over a decade of hunting experience and more than one hundred kills under his belt. He can nail a jackrabbit from one hundred yards with a bow or a homemade dart-gun, but his greatest skill is tracking prey. Since he never figured out how to make himself invisible, he learned to make himself virtually invisible using stealth.

One of his greatest pleasures in life has always been sneaking up on his brothers or Jake and startling them. By age five, he had successfully and repeatedly stalked his father and brothers. His unrivaled tracking skills made Jake Three the perfect choice for a spy mission.

Three carries his bow and a quiver full of arrows for self-protection or any game he might stumble upon. Since most wildlife perished after The Crash, Jake and his boys ranged farther and farther from home in search of meat. Otherwise, they made do with pinyon nuts, fish and russet potatoes, which they grew themselves. They had little taste for fish. They were accustomed to eating meat and there was precious little of it available anymore.

Jake Three picks his way carefully along the ridge until he is directly above the survivors’ camp. He crouches low among the rocks and brush and looks down toward the lake with a pair of infrared night-vision binoculars. He locates the community campfire burning itself out while the half-dozen adult males remain huddled around it. No signs of Hannibal or Satin or any other females.

Three identifies several man-made structures and shelters along that section of the lake. He figures there are a dozen adults at most with no signs of any women or children. He lowers the binoculars, considers his next move. He knows he has to get eyes on the target, but the target is nowhere in sight. He raises the binoculars again and scans the hills directly below his position. If they have posted a lookout, he will likely be somewhere in these hills directly above the compound.

The quick splash of a large trout hitting the surface of the lake jolts Hannibal’s attention. He scans the lake as it falls silent again, then shifts to find a more comfortable position. He checks on his own shelter against the hill below him just as Satin emerges rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She climbs to his position. When she reaches him, she plops down and leans against him.

“I can’t sleep,” she whispers. “I’m afraid I’ll see another fucking horse and it’ll be red this time and I’ll never be able to sleep again.”

“Geez, you’re still stuck on that? It’s just a story.”

“What can I say? I’m Catholic, brainwashed. It’s the freaking Bible.”

“It’s still just a story. Probably written by a guy who was high on peyote mushrooms or weed. I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it,” whispers Hannibal.

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