Chapter 6
(Still in the Tongass. Tuesday.)
Paul and Jonas split up soon after they left Dace. Both of them were worried about leaving her. There was always the possibility of a wild animal attack, but the bigger problem was leaving a newbie alone in the forest. If she panicked and ran, they would never find her.
“She’s camped alone before,” Paul said, more to reassure himself than Jonas. “She’ll hold it together.”
Jonas nodded, and changed the subject.
“If we’re lucky, she’s too new to the dangers to truly be afraid,” he said.
Paul grunted. “Bear?”
Jonas shrugged. “More likely to be along a stream, and we’ve not seen any signs of that. As long as she doesn’t panic herself, she’ll be fine.”
Paul nodded. Dace wasn’t prone to panic, he thought. She’d been prey. She made herself small
