Chapter 107: Wonder
Isaac counted at least six sets of menacing eyes glaring at them from the trees. A collective snarl issued from the wood, seemingly from every direction, chilling Isaac to the bone.
He reached for the rifle slung over his shoulder, but Jo's sleeping form was draped across the strap, and he was afraid the sudden movement of shifting her might trigger the Stuck to pounce. He glanced over at Alessa, but she was still bent in half, fighting off the ferocious wave of emotion that had surely pummeled her with the creatures' arrival. Janie was inching her way toward the handgun stored at Alessa's waist, but Isaac knew that alone would be futile against this savage horde.
His heart sank, a tight knot pulling at his stomach.
They were trapped. And there was absolutely nothing Isaac could do about it.
One of the monsters - all muscle and malevolence - took one hunched, loping stride in Isaac's direction, and growled deep in its throat, as clear a threat as Isaac as had ever heard.