Two hours later, Billy was cussing up a storm as he stomped back and forth along the long, narrow road they had come out on. Jonathan could see the unusual tracks in the dirt. He had no idea what could create them. They looked similar to what a wagon would do, but were much wider and had strange wiggly lines in them. Jonathan called out at the same time as the ground beneath them began to rumble.
“Earthquake?” Jacob asked, looking around nervously and trying to hold his horse under control.
Jonathan’s horse danced around Billy, who was trying to calm him down while Midnight just shifted from one foot to the other. He looked down the road and saw a huge, black beast slowly approaching them. He jerked back on the reins hard in alarm, causing Midnight to raise his head and whinny. His hand
