No kid. Damn.
Time stretched out, as endless as the night sky before them. Vic closed his eyes as his mind jumped from animal to bird and back again, flickering among the wildlife like a shadow, touching down here and there but never lingering for long. None of the minds he connected with were the right one. None were human.
None were Noah.
A tap on his shoulder startled him. He turned to find Kendra leaning forward and pointing to her headset. Annoyed, he flicked on the mike in his headset and growled, “What?”
Even though she spoke into the mike, she still had to yell over the sound of the whirling blades. “It’s getting late,” she shouted. “Maybe we should—”
“He’s still out there,” Vic hollered. “The weather—”
“It’s been two hours!” Kendra gave him an exaggerated look, a mix of defe
