Mag-log inLany finally left the small room with a grin on her face. She walked down a narrow hallway and heard the first voices from the bar penetrate her ears and into her mind.
"No! … No no no! This can not be. I must have misheard. It just has to be like that! ”Lany stopped abruptly and listened intently. Maybe she was wrong after all. But no, there was that voice again that shouldn't be here at all. What should she do now? She absolutely did not believe in a coincidence. Not with him.
Lany thought feverishly and looked for a different exit than the one directly in front of her. But she could only see the door to the small room she had been in before and another door, probably to a closet. The latter was unfortunately closed.
The well-known panic was already stretching its claws towards Lany and pulling her more and more under its spell. In the end, Lany sat crouched on the floor against a wall, breathing heavily, her arms wrapped around her drawn-up legs and her head propped on her knees.
It just couldn't be true. How could he have found her here? She hadn't told anyone, not even her friends, about this trip, let alone her exact destination.
As more minutes passed, she heard the bar door open and close again. “Are those steps?” Lany heard something, something - but couldn't place it properly. It was just too quiet. And if she hadn't had such good hearing, she probably wouldn't have heard it at all.
But it couldn't be. It was loud and just plain awful. He would always want to get everyone's attention. Suddenly the noise stopped - right next to her. Lany tried to look through a small gap between her arm and leg, but could only see a man's feet and calves.
He was wearing sandals. As far as she could see, they were probably trekking sandals and he had to wear shorts. She could see every single hair by the wonderfully tanned skin on his muscular lower legs. Lany felt a hand on her shoulder - just as light as a feather, as if it weren't there and still terrifyingly present.
“Ms. Briscott, are you all right? Rosa sent me to check on you. She was worried after they didn't come to the bar. ”Warren spoke carefully to Lany in his dark and very masculine voice.
Now Lany dared lift her head and look at Warren. She looked straight into his face. There was something strange in his gaze, she just couldn't define it. In any case, it was no longer possible to see the detachment he had shown earlier.
Lany was so caught up in her panic that she was trembling all over. Warren must have noticed that too, because suddenly he came to sit next to her on the wall with one quick, and very smooth movement.
Everything was calm again. Well, insofar as one could speak of calm in a jungle. A couple of monkeys scurried by right next to Warren's house and other animals relaxed more and more. The danger was over - for now.Lany sat very still and listened for the noises that were so completely different and yet somehow familiar. She just didn't know why. Also, she only realized now that she was still clinging to Warren. She hadn't felt so safe with anyone since early childhood. And either Warren was asleep by now or he was enjoying the quiet get-together with her too. She couldn't really imagine the latter, however. Because it was only too obvious that he hadn't wanted to take her with him in the first place. It was only because Rosa had told him, no, even ordered, that she was here now.Lany still couldn't believe what almost happened. Of course it was dangerous in the jungle. She had already realized that when she booked the trip. But then being co
While Rosa was finishing her report, one of the two always listened for the noises outside the bar. Not that this stranger secretly overheard her and found out that Rosa knew more than she had told him. But nothing could be heard. He really seemed to have gone to his quarters. Better for him - they decided.It was only early morning when he woke up in that shabby little room, in the shabbier bed. But what do you not endure to achieve your goal? The first rays of sun fell through the dirty window and he decided that he had waited enough. True to the motto: Only the early bird catches the worm, he dressed and went down to the reception. He hoped that there would at least be breakfast here that wouldn't give you one or the other unpleasant bowel disease.When he got downstairs, he was surprised that someone was actually already working here. A young woman stood behind the counter, leafing through a tattered newspaper. He asked for breakfast and
He headed straight for her. His hunger had not yet been satisfied. But he had to make sure the young woman was okay. He'd already suspected it wasn't a good idea to leave her here all alone. And he really hadn't moved very far. Warren came to a stop right in front of his bed, in front of Lany. She seemed to be in shock because she did not move, but sat upright and still breathed - "Thank gods" -. That was really close. He should have been fucking careful. But this wouldn't have happened in the first place if he hadn't taken her with him. "What a damn crap !!!"Warren didn't even dare touch Lany, let alone speak to her. He just stood motionless in front of her for a while. When she still didn't move, he tried a little push. "Ms. Briscott? ... Lany? Are you all right? ”Hm, somehow he had just experienced it recently. And again she began to move very slowly and finally looked in his direction."Warren? Warren, what just happened? Lany's v
There was no sound as the huge big cat moved smoothly through the underbrush. Everyone in her immediate area knew she was hunting. All of their potential victims had retired to their hiding places so as not to end up as their snack.Quietly and very skillfully, four huge black paws made their way through the forest. In between the panther stopped and listened. It was a magnificent animal. Bigger and stronger than its other kind and as black as the blackest night. Anyone who caught such an animal among all the poachers would have cared for for his life. But until now no one had ever caught him. The big cat didn't miss the slightest sound. High above him he heard the monkeys scurrying softly through the branches. Shortly before him, a little mouse ran quickly into its cave. And again and again a very special scent rose in his nose, but he seemed to feel that he was not allowed to follow it. Therefore, he moved purposefully in the opposite direction.
Lany was getting more and more tired. She stumbled the whole time and fell every few meters over the numerous roots that so "helpful" stretched out of the ground towards her. She didn't even know how long they had been wandering through this forest and still they hadn't reached Warren's camp. Maybe he was lost? After all, she couldn't put one foot in front of the others and just turned over from exhaustion.“Oh man, I was just missing that. Such a crap. Why couldn't I just leave her with Rosa. Then this guy would have found her! So what? What is it to me? In any case, I would have finally had my peace. But no, I had to play the great hero. I really had to take her with me, and now? ”While Warren shouldered the exhausted Lany, he mumbled to himself and didn’t let any good hair on himself. It annoyed him too much and he just couldn't understand what had made him want to help this woman and finally take her with him.She was s
Finally Lany looked in the direction of the door and saw that Rosa had just entered the hallway and bolted the door. She came up to them both and looked worriedly at Lany. Then Rosa turned her gaze to Warren alone for a moment and then, without saying a word, moved to the other, locked door to open it. After entering the small room herself, she waved to Warren and Lany and pointed to another door in that room. Warren gave her a briefly startled expression, but it vanished as quickly as it had appeared. Maybe Lany was just wrong about that. Rosa whispered something to Warren before letting them both outside through the door just shown.They seemed to be at the back of the building now and it seemed that Warren knew exactly what to do. Lany followed without resisting. They were moving fast so Lany could barely keep up with him. And since it was already dark, Warren was careful to keep them in the shadows. Nobody should discover them, nobody should even suspect that they had jus