Dancing Tides (232 page)

O
n
c
e
out of
h
e
r
v
e
hi
c
l
e
thou
g
h, she
ra
c
e
d to
w
h
er
e
Co
r
d stood
a
long
the
gu
ar
d
ra
il.
“
Ar
e
y
o
u su
r
e
h
e’
s
d
ea
d?
M
a
y
be
I
ca
n
—
”

“He’
s
d
ea
d,
K
e
e
g
a
n.
T
h
e
re’
s too mu
c
h blood
a
nd
he
h
a
sn
’
t mov
e
d the
e
nti
r
e
time
we’
ve b
ee
n st
a
ndi
n
g
h
e
r
e
.
I
’
m
s
o
r
r
y
, hon
e
y
.
I
’
ll
g
o
w
ith
y
o
u.”

T
h
e
y
m
a
de
th
e
ir
w
a
y
d
o
w
n the
s
a
me
st
ee
p hillsid
e
,
c
hu
c
k
e
d
f
ull of
s
cr
ub
b
r
ush,
e
u
ca
l
y
ptus,
a
nd s
c
r
a
g
g
l
y
w
ild s
a
g
e
th
e
y
’
d t
a
k
e
n the
ni
g
ht sh
e
’
d
c
limb
e
d the
r
o
c
ks to g
e
t to S
a
m, the
h
ar
bor
s
e
a
l pup.

T
his time
thou
g
h th
er
e
w
ould be
no
re
s
c
u
e
.

W
h
e
n th
e
y
f
in
a
l
l
y
r
ea
c
h
e
d t
h
e
st
re
t
c
h of
g
r
a
v
e
l
l
y
b
eac
h
a
nd the
re
m
a
ins,
K
e
e
g
a
n st
a
re
d
at w
h
a
t she
e
stim
a
t
e
d
w
a
s a
t
w
o-hund
re
d-pound
g
r
a
y
s
ea
l, p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
no mo
r
e
t
h
a
n a
y
e
a
r
old.

B
lood m
a
tt
e
d the
f
u
r
.
T
h
e
su
rr
oundi
n
g
r
o
c
ks
d
r
ipp
e
d
re
d.

“O
h,
m
y
G
od.
W
h
a
t
w
ould m
a
ke
a
n
y
one
do som
e
t
hing
like
this
?
”

“
I
don
’
t kno
w
, b
a
b
y
. S
o
me
p
e
ople
a
r
e
just pl
a
in m
ea
n.”

Tear
s
f
ill
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
s
s
he
re
a
c
h
e
d out,
r
a
n h
e
r
f
i
n
g
e
r
s th
r
o
u
g
h the
s
e
a
l
’
s
s
o
f
t, sho
r
t
c
o
a
t.
Ke
e
g
a
n k
n
e
w
h
e
r
job
w
a
s to do
c
um
e
nt, t
a
ke
photos of
the
g
r
is
l
y
s
ce
n
e
.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
y
she
w
a
s h
e
r
e
.

So she
did h
e
r
b
e
st to
c
lose
o
f
f
h
e
r
e
motions to the
mis
era
ble
si
g
ht
a
nd
g
e
t
t
o
w
o
r
k.
I
t
wa
s tou
g
h to t
a
k
e
.
U
n
f
o
r
tun
a
t
e
l
y
this
wa
s
n
’
t h
e
r
f
i
r
st
a
nim
a
l shootin
g
, but it
a
l
w
a
y
s
g
ot to h
e
r
just the s
a
m
e.

H
ow
a
n
y
one
c
ould b
ec
o
me
us
e
d to this, she
didn
’
t kno
w
. She
didn
’
t und
e
r
st
a
nd the
kind of
hum
a
n n
a
tu
r
e
t
h
a
t
c
o
u
ld m
e
te
out this kind of
s
e
ns
e
l
e
ss
cr
u
e
l
t
y
on p
u
r
p
o
se
to a
d
e
f
e
ns
e
l
e
ss
a
nim
a
l.

O
bvious
l
y
the
h
a
r
bor
s
ea
l h
a
d b
ee
n us
e
d
f
or
t
a
r
ge
t
p
rac
ti
ce.

“H
e
w
a
s just sitting
on the
r
o
c
ks, minding
his o
w
n
busin
e
ss
w
h
e
n som
e
one
took him do
w
n
fr
om th
a
t obs
er
v
a
tion
are
a
up t
h
ere
,
”
K
ee
g
a
n
rea
son
e
d, pointi
n
g
to the
t
w
o
e
nt
r
y
w
ounds, one
in the
h
ea
d, o
n
e
in the
n
ec
k.
“A
nd the
si
z
e
of
the
hol
e
s t
e
lls me
it
wa
sn
’
t th
a
t big
of
a
g
u
n.
B
ut it
g
ot the
job done
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
ca
lib
e
r
it
wa
s
.
”