Chapter Eleven
Bats
Simultaneously, and gave the signal for silence. An immense cloud of something darkened the morning sky, almost turning the day into night. They heard the sound of wings flapping. Huge, leathery-sounding wings rapidly beating a staccato tempo in the air like drums. Loud enough to force some of them to cover their ears. Even then, she felt the irregular rhythm all through her body. A thousand creatures with one massive heart struggling to find its cadence. Amid the pounding thunder of those wings came chirps and chitters from the creatures as they passed above the treetops.
As the world around the troops grayed, a fetid stench overtook them, making several men gag. buried her nose in her parka, but the foul odor permeated everything around them. It had the sharp r
