Chapter Seventeen
The following night, Belinda made her way back to the secret cavern, careful this time to replant the turpentine bush at the entrance to the tunnel through White Rock. She hid behind the sizeable boulder again, and surveyed the cavern’s exterior. She circled and explored a possible way to enter from the rear, but as she made her way around the cavern, she stepped on a twig, and the snap caught the attention of one of the Guards. He raised himself from his post and advanced toward her, muzzle in the air. She ducked behind the trunk of a large broom wattle and stayed low, making herself as flat as possible. She remained still and silent as a rock. He advanced toward her, one step at a time, until his front paws were barely three inches from her head. s**t. One tiny step mo
