Wild Bobcat Approaches A Woman, and She Decides to Follow(1)
They were chasing.
She didn’t think—just ran. Legs burning, lungs heaving, but she pushed onward. The world narrowed to a single goal: escape.
Then—light. An opening between the trees.
The trail.
She burst through the last thicket just as a figure stepped into view.
A uniform. A badge.
A park ranger.
Claire barely caught her breath before the men chasing her crashed through the trees.
The ranger reacted instantly, raising a hand and shouting, “Stop!”
Another ranger appeared, rifle raised.
“Hands where we can see them!”
