“THIS IS BLOOD.” DINI straightened, holding out a broken leaf for them to examine.
Godric took it, frowning. He turned to Brita. “This doesn’t give me a warm and fuzzy feeling, Brit.”
Brita pulled an evidence bag from her pack and opened it so Godric could drop the sample inside. “We don’t know this is their blood.”
Godric shrugged. “No. But we found one of Pleasance’s charcoal pencils up at the top of the ridge so they were here and now they’re missing. That seems like a pretty big coincidence.”
Dini touched his arm. “Don’t forget those guys told us they saw Alf and Pleasance running down the trail.”
He thought about that for a moment and nodded. “Okay, so let’s assume this blood belongs to the girl they’re looking for. It tells me the girl’s in trouble.”
Brita slipped the bag into
