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What a waste of time

Spearfish Canyon loo lazily above the pine trees Usually, it was nothingcreek, but the recent rains had flooded the canyon until it rushed like a raging river through the National Forest I peered over the bank at the water, about twenty feet below Nothing was getting past that tonight It ht and resu tomorrow

The ht

I lowered down into a crouch, er The semi-darkness of the forest kept me hidden With one flick of the wrist, I could take out anything that popped out of the line of trees My knife throere getting much better All I had to do ait

A shadow stepped out froe of trees Tall and lean, it paused just short of the er But before I got the chance, a second shadow joined it It stood just as tall, with broad shoulders and long arms

I cursed under le de et better

Forgetting about the dagger, un I’d pilfered last week I’dit up until now Guns were loud and dreanted attention But if I had to face two demons, I’d rather have the speed of silver-coated bullets behind my assault

I trained the weapon on the second shadow, ai for the chest One shot to the heart was all I needed Then, it would be one on one Good odds

I liked the idea

My finger pulled the trigger ever so slightly Then, a slightly shrill version of Raquel’s voice entered er, Lizzy She’d been so excited about learning to shoot Every day, she ran over all the details of shooting withfor the kick of the gun

The shadows stepped forward into the ht of the night stood Gabe and Luke But it was too late The trigger sprung back and the gun went off

Bang!

Luckily for Gabe, I was still a terrible shot The bullet whizzed over his head to the left and into the dark forest He ducked and yanked a dagger frorained on his lips

I screeched and threw the gun down the bank of the Spearfish Canyon as if it’d turned intoto disengage from my vessels and drop to the bottom of my stomach

I clasped a hand to my chest and panted “Why’d you scare me like that?”