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Chapter 12: Charred
Not one of the hunters was prepared to deal with how quickly things were going downhill. The Bishops sibling and Brooks arrived to see blood splattered on the floor. Anna lay on the ground face down trying to push herself over. She was shivering and grunting in pain. Roz ran to help her. Avery was the first to notice Max wrestling with one of the wendigoes on the other side of the tents. He drew his viburnum covered knife and ran to help him. Everything was happening too fast and too slow at the same time. Avery could feel the surge of emotions swirling around the camp. He didn’t get to Max, he was tackled to the floor. He landed on his back pain shooting through his injured hand. The wendigo that tackled him was quick to climb on top of him straddling him. Its arm was mangled, purple and black covered its maimed limb.
“Avery!” His sister shouted moving towards him.
“Help Anna!” He ordered. Max was not injured, so the blood wasn't his. He
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