30 I couldn't see it clearly through the bushes, but it was moving fast. With water sloshing around my knees, I hurried to the front of the car. As another deep growl came from within the trees, I frantically told Yazmin to get out of the car. She didn't hesitate and gasped when she stepped into the cold water for the first time. Grabbing her hand, I pulled her out of the flooded stream Then a sound in the trees caused us both to focus our attention in that direction. The noise was like . . . No, I didn't want to guess until I heard it more clearly. Stepping away from the water, the pitch changed to hissing snarls, nasty, vicious shrilling, and I could hear the screeches of other terrified animals, even the agonized barking of a deer. By the light of the full moon, I saw bl

