Track of the Cat (29 page)
Authors: Nevada Barr
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Mystery, #Mystery & Detective, #Suspense, #Detective, #Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths, #Fiction - Mystery, #Women Sleuths, #Mystery Fiction, #Detective and mystery stories; American, #Texas, #Pigeon; Anna (Fictitious character), #Women park rangers, #Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Tex.)
"What're you doing, Anna?" Harland called up the hill.
"Leaving."
"I'll die of thirst," he cried.
Anna walked over to the ravine, looked into the depths. She couldn't see Roberts. "You never know," she said. "You might not live long enough.
That lion could still be around. Here kitty, kitty, kitty," she called.
"Don't!" Harland screamed.
Anna walked across the flat toward the ridge where her camp was. The moon had moved partway down the sky. A silver trail led down the ridges: the path she would follow home. She began to run.
"Please!" she heard Harland yelling.
Maybe she'd saddle up Gideon, ride out tomorrow with water and bring Harland in. Then again, Gideon's hoof wasn't healing like she'd hoped.
Maybe she'd give him the day off.