Chapter Five
“I don’t like this. I don’t like this at all,” Gideon said, his voice shaking.
Chloe squinted to see over the farm, but nothing moved besides the horses, and even they had fallen relatively still.
“Relax,” Chloe said. “Whatever it is, I’m sure we can…”
“There!” Gideon shouted, pointing ahead to where a great black mass was writhing and pulsing toward them.
Chloe couldn’t understand it. The thing approached at an alarming speed, looking like a large black cloud, moving and shaping itself with the wind. Chloe saw the black bodies of thousands upon thousands of bees, each around the size of her fist. The insects were larger than any she had ever seen in her life.
They bulleted toward the pair, angry little things driven by fevered determination. Chloe and Gideon turned on t
