#Larry Sharpe |

Well, folks, our heroine Malia has gotten herself in a bind. She is alone in the mountains, and has narrowly survived getting caught under a falling cypress tree. #amwriting #mexicangraywolf #wolfrecovery #wolf #wolfreintroduction #chiricahua #cochise ............ With long, angled shadows marring the valley below, the path home was nothing but a tangle of dark and stone, and Malia had no sense that any wolf spirit would return to guide her. With clouds muscling in, she’d have no stars to lead her. And with no phone reception to call for help-- Then she saw Cochise Head, the stalwart landmark that had lain in repose for thousands of years before anyone would take notice. If she headed toward it, she should come up on the backside of the visitor center. That has to be three miles. She reached for her water bottle. It lay crumpled under the cypress, bone dry. The last droplet of sunlight soaked into the horizon, and with more cloud cover moving in, dusk would fade to casket dark in no time. Malia emptied her shoes of pebbles and stood, flexed, tested her balance. Her throat was raw, but she ran, watching as best she could for ankle breakers while glancing up to keep track of Cochise. The evening chill crept over her skin. "If I get lost overnight…"

Laura Manivong: writing for teens, tweens and adults who refuse to grow old.

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