Night claimed the countryside in an aggressive, almighty sweep. Dusk became darkness, the temperature dropped, and a sudden tension gripped the atmosphere as the nocturnal predators came out to stalk the land. The brothers" customised off-roader rolled eastward along the dirt track, lights off, wits sharp. Its driver made shapes out of the shadows, somehow navigating them across the hostile terrain.
Cutting through the blackness was a solitary light. It hovered in the distance: a beacon, a trap. It marked the place they believed Dr Curtis was. The small shelter in the middle of nowhere was a perfect hiding place. Charlie just hoped the others would be with him too. Rachel was resourceful, he reminded himself. Even if she had walked into a trap, it didn"t mean she couldn"t turn it to her a
