CHAPTER THIRTY
If Aaron Pinkett was indeed responsible for the three climber deaths, he was not doing much in the way of remaining inconspicuous. He made absolutely no attempt to quietly escape. He was barreling through the forest, making it quite easy for Mackenzie to follow after him. The only obstacle was that he was far enough ahead of her to be out of sight; she was having to rely on sound alone to track him. She had to stop after every few strides to make sure she was headed in the right direction.
She had been running no more than thirty seconds when she realized that it might have been foolish to go running after him. Pinkett knew these woods much better than she did. This became eerily evident when she started to see small footpaths breaking away to either side of the route she
