“Wait up!” I yelled out.
Danny stopped and turned to see how far behind I was.
“About a kilometre away there’s a ravine. The scent seems to lead there. We can slow down from here.”
About time! I thought, but only nodded and trudged on.
The terrain was getting rockier and the trees began to thin out slightly. Dust motes floated lazily in the air, glistening like diamonds as the sun shone through the canopy. I imagined all kinds of faerie folk dancing around the trees, playing hide and seek. Certainly not monsters stalking the shadows.
The ravine loomed up ahead.
“We’ll need to jump,” Danny said. “I’ll go first.”
Danny ran the few metres to the edge of the ravine and jumped gracefully over to the other side. I scrambled to catch up and lost my footing at the edge. Danny reached out to
