The Searcher 02 Lynch Law
Josh Edwards, Len LevinsonStone stood on his knees behind a big boulder and unscrewed the top of his canteen. It was half-full, and there was no telling when he might find water again.
He raised the canteen and took a swig. It was silent in the canyon. Stone was so hungry his stomach ached. He regretted not eating raw rabbit that morning, or stealing something from the farmhouse he and McDermott had seen.
He wished he’d listened to the old owlhoot when they were back at the farmhouse. McDermott understood survival, and all Stone knew was a war where the mess tents were never far behind.
He sat beside the boulder and peered at the opening in the mountain. If they came for him, they’d have to come one at a time. He’d get the first three, and after that it’d be his jackknife until the bitter end.