It was about half an hour later when we finished our meal and resumed our herb gathering. I was concentrating so hard on doing my job that I didn’t know the time had flown by. When I next raised my head, I heard footsteps running across the field. I looked around and saw Michael, Peter, Allan, and Travis racing toward us. The apprehensive expressions on their faces scared me. Suddenly, my body and mind were on high alert, and I felt in my gut something was very wrong.
I turned and shouted, my voice shaky, “Aria! Brenna! Something doesn’t feel right.”
Both Aria and Brenna, who were a few feet away from me, hastily stood up and looked around, too.
“Stay low!” Michael shouted commandingly at us. “Stay low!”
Aria and Brenna crouched down in reaction and hid themselves amongst the tall wild
