#Chapter6

For two nights Eve has sought the safe refuge of a fork in a large tree while both Romeo and Juliet have slept at the base. The two Ligers have managed to kill again while Eve has taken to robbing birds’ nests of their eggs and relying on wild berries to keep her hunger at bay. The call of the mountains is strong, and in an effort to avoid contact with anything human the hybrid and her companions have moved off the narrow bush trail and now make their way through the tall savanna grasslands.

A deep rumbling comes to her ears from beyond a thicket of acacia trees...