
It only took them about fifteen minutes to find me once I stopped. He was a good hunter and knew how to read a scent trail, which I had to be leaving behind by now.īut if he was busy chasing me, maybe the trick was to stop running… I’d hoped he’d be one of those big guys that got riled up and stopped thinking-I’d used that a few times to get my ass out of sticky situations. It worked a couple of times, but he always figured it out, which was frightening. I dodged and weaved through the trees, gaining a few feet only to double back in the hopes he’d keep running in my original direction.

There was no way I was going to be able to outrun him on his own territory-I’d have to out think him. He shouted behind me, answered by another shout more to my right, and then I heard the crashing of the bushes as he came, hot on my trail. He raised his hand in my direction and I spun around, heading back the way I came at my best speed.
