Chapter 122 An Unseen Presence
- He didn’t answer. His hand went to his sidearm, thumb sliding the safety off with a barely audible click. He scanned left, then right, methodical and silent, his breathing shallow.
- For a long, tense moment, nothing moved. The forest stood in perfect stillness, every sound magnified; the rustle of branches, the buzz of distant insects, the faint hiss of his exhale.
- Then, another sound. Soft. Distant.