Ronan Or, I could keep investigating. The trail continued across the landscape. This area was uninhabited, so I only needed to be careful of cars over land or planes overhead. And make sure I skirted the reservation of course. I took one step onto the desolate landscape, the pads of my paw heating as it met the hot, dry earth. Something whizzed through the air, but I didn’t move fast enough. Twang! I sucked in a gasp of pain as an arrow buried into my side, my feet scrabbling uselessly under me. I tried to force myself back into the tree line. Pain clouded my vision, but I needed to move. If I gave the hunter another target, he’d take me out. Twang! I threw myself to the side, but the arrow still caught my hindquarters. I couldn’t help the yowl of pain that left my throat. Trying to

