Making Past Perfect
The one with a stone as big as a baby elephant, Samuel’s voice echoed in her mind.
I hear you! I’m coming, she replied, focusing harder, tuning into the pulse of his mind.
Be careful. They might be hiding. I can’t see them now, Samuel warned.
Don’t worry. I’m almost there, she said. And she was, moving faster than any normal person could, her legs barely touching the ground, as if gravity had given her a pass.
Samuel tried to buy the clinic time by luring the rebels away. Five men had followed him, four with machetes, one with a bow. The rest stayed behind and slaughtered everyone they found, patients, villagers, and missionaries.
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