  Mason nodded. He looked around, then squinted at the sky. “We have to find cover for the night. I’m not sure we’ll get to our base camp before it gets dark. Once we’re dried off and it’s totally dark, we can make a bit of headway then.” “The temperature is going to drop a lot, isn’t it?” Riece asked. “Yeah, it is. If we don’t at least get dried off, we won’t have a chance.” Mason pointed out a direction. “Let’s head that way. It’ll get us close to where we want to go.” “Do you think they’ll follow us?” Riece looked back the way they’d come. “I don’t see them. Maybe we lost them.” “I think it’s more likely they’ll need to get that guy some medical help, or if not they’ll have to take him somewhere he can be patched up. His wound was bleeding a lot. That’s why I stabbed him, though I would have loved to have killed him.” Riece walked beside Mason and glanced sideways at him. “You’re not just blowing off steam, are you?” “Oh hell no.” “You’re supposed to enforce the law,” Riece said softly. “Yeah. Which is why I want to avoid killing anyone. I’m afraid they don’t have the same concerns. They’re going to try to kill us, Riece, and if it comes down to them or us—” Mason stopped and drew a deep breath. “—then I vote us.” There are more snippets in the Rainbow Snippets Facebook group.  Gone Away is available in eBook, paperback and through Kobo Plus.
Jana
3/16/2024 03:04:25 pm
Ooo that's a good tense scene Comments are closed.
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