“Stay here.” Alex ordered me as Jesse was now quickly darting into the trees and Frank’s barking has me jolting with each dreadful yelp from him.
“Alex…” I began to question.
“Be quiet!” Was a horrific demand that shocked me to silence. “Don’t talk and don’t move.” Alex barked back at me just like the dog which had me tremble with an immediate sense of fear.
“Hunt.” Alex leant down to Frank and gave him a clear order.
Alex took off into the trees with his gun drawn following two sprinting dogs. Within seconds there was silence. I could not hear the three of them or even see the smallest flick of a tail through the thicket of trees. All I heard was the birds on the pathway around me in a growing dismay of silence and being alone. I wanted to start to run back towards the manor. I di
