Chapter 7Tyler was awakened by Neil’s thrashing around, flailing his arms as he moaned, “No, stay away, get away from me,” over and over.
“Nightmare,” Jake said from Neil’s other side, trying to shake him awake while avoiding being hit.
“No shit.” Tyler sat up then lifted Neil into his lap as he reassured him, “It’s okay, we’re here, you’re safe.”
That apparently got through to Neil. He gasped as his eyes flew open. “Am I really here? I thought the wendigo had me.” He looked around fearfully.
“It was a bad dream. You’re here and alive. You, me, and Jake, and as soon as we get our s**t together we’ll eat some of the food Bart stashed away and then take the rowboat down to the ocean and hope to hell it’s calm this morning.”
“I’ll take my chances even if it isn’t,” Jake said while he unt
