Just thinking that I could have put the children’s lives in danger gave me chills.
“…Listen, the creature that attacked this morning got here because of me.”
He nodded and answered quickly:
“While Hans was operating on me, Richie inspected your vehicle; but the scent he found on the seat is not the same as the creature that was here. The being that traveled with you was not a tiger, although for the moment I also can’t tell you what it was.”
“So then… the boy I picked up on the road wasn’t human?”
“No. Richie says he was another feline. His smell gives him away. As soon as I can go myself to see your Jeep, I’ll know whether it’s the panther that attacked me in Anchorage or whether all this has been a damn coincidence.”
With a sudden sickness in my stomach, I lingered for a moment on
