Night fell quickly. Barbara barely noticed it, for the surrounding trees were more concerned about the kids' slowly increasing wariness. She wouldn't say vicious, they weren't that bad, but she could see the change. The night is when dangerous predators come alive.
"Is this..." Althea sniffed the air. Alana whispered in relief, "A cabin!"
On the outside, the cabin looked ready to fall over the mountain ridge as it was sixteen yards to the right. Bricks and timber construction and a roof that had a few bits of trees collapsed over it. "Are we going to stay here?" The boys stared at Barbara with hopeful eyes. "The bad guys will not find us, right?"
"We will stay here for a while" She smiled at the kids, "Then when the sunset comes, we'll run again until we find a very secure place."
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