Uh, Maya?" Corey said behind me. "Maybe…this isn't such a good idea."
I turned. The others were ten feet back, barely inside the tree line. Nicole and Hayley had moved closer to Corey. Sam hung back, looking into the woods as if I was asking her to jump off a cliff.
"The fog's gone in here," I said. "It was marine fog. It doesn't penetrate the forest."
"Yeah," Corey said. "I'm thinking the fog's not such a problem. It's very…dark. We don't know what's in there."
"Yeah, we do," Sam said. "Bears, cougars, wolves…"
"None of which are nocturnal," I said. Actually, they were crepuscular, which meant they were most active at twilight--both dawn and dusk. In others words, right about now. But I wasn't telling these guys that. "They'll stay out of our way if we stay out of theirs."
"But how can we stay out of their way if we can't see them?" Hayley asked.
I turned. The others were ten feet back, barely inside the tree line. Nicole and Hayley had moved closer to Corey. Sam hung back, looking into the woods as if I was asking her to jump off a cliff.
"The fog's gone in here," I said. "It was marine fog. It doesn't penetrate the forest."
"Yeah," Corey said. "I'm thinking the fog's not such a problem. It's very…dark. We don't know what's in there."
"Yeah, we do," Sam said. "Bears, cougars, wolves…"
"None of which are nocturnal," I said. Actually, they were crepuscular, which meant they were most active at twilight--both dawn and dusk. In others words, right about now. But I wasn't telling these guys that. "They'll stay out of our way if we stay out of theirs."
"But how can we stay out of their way if we can't see them?" Hayley asked.
( Kelley Armstrong )
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