The Cub Stayed Beside the Trapped Lioness Until Help Reached the Grass

studied the  map on her tablet. “The collar puts her just beyond that bend?”

“Yes. Maybe six hundred yards from the track.”

“Wind?”

Joseph slowed and watched the dust drift left. “Coming from the east. If hyenas are close, they’ll scent her before we scent them.”

Caleb shifted in the back seat. “You think they’re already there?”

“If she’s bleeding, they’ll continue reading …