“No!” cried Kylie, as the older man commanded her to leap down into the lion’s enclosure. “Are you freaken’ crazy?”
“Jasper’s hungry,” said the man, raising his gun. “And I can’t let him starve.”
They’d been sitting in Justice’s truck when the stranger appeared out of nowhere. With his neatly combed hair, kind brown eyes, and a zookeeper badge proclaiming him to be “Darren”, they’d trusted him instantly and had gotten out of the truck. Then he pulled out a gun, and the next thing they knew, he was forcing them into the zoo because his lion needed nourishment.
“What’s wrong with you?” sobbed Allie. “How can you do this? Are you on drugs or something?” The goofy grin on his face was definitely not normal; in fact, it made the hair stand up on the back of her neck.
The man shook his head.
