Chapter 34
The road through the forest became overgrown as they headed deeper into the woods. Having weapons mounted to the wagons was only good if they could bring the wagons with them. Tyler knew they’d have to leave the wagons, but he had hoped he could take them farther in than this.
He had taken a wrong turn. They could either backtrack or leave the wagons here as a base and go on horseback through the woods.
Tyler looked up at the sky. They had a few hours of daylight left, but if they turned around to find a better path, they’d likely end up wandering in the dark.
“We leave the wagons here. I want one man stationed at each wagon. When we come back, don’t be spooked into shooting at us.”
That was one of the first lessons of a hunter—shooting beasts and not hunters. But each year
