Chapter 5 One Step Ahead of the Bear His first thought was to try for his knife, but he quickly decided from the sound of her startled cry that whatever hit him was no threat. It was, however, a big surprise. No one he knew of even knew that the cave was there much less how to enter it. Besides that, he had been trapped down there himself since the floor, rotted out from time and moisture, had caved in on him. But how could anyone else be in there? That was a question that would have to wait. For the moment, he had all he could cope with lying in his arms in the middle of the stream. “Whoa,” Talon yelled in surprise. Aggie instantly knew what had happened but didn’t have time to explain how it came to be. “Mr. Windcatcher,” she yelled. “I can explain all this later. I’m being chased

