This week with Times 7:
...Kathy jumped to her feet, which startled Thad as much as the alarm did. “Wait, Kathy. Just take it easy,” he said as he reached to turn the volume down until it was barely audible, “I’ll put some more wood on the fire. Maybe that will change its mind.”
As he tossed three more branches on the already blazing fire, the alarm subtly changed pitch. After he activated the tiny five-centimeter screen, they watched a dot gradually move toward its center.
“It’s coming this way,” Kathy hissed as Thad picked up his rifle.
“Just be calm, Kathy. Just because something invaded our perimeter doesn’t mean it’s going to try to come in here and eat us.”
“Be calm,” she hissed. “I would have to be crazy to be calm at a time like this. I thought you said it wouldn’t come back after you shot at it,” she insisted crossly...
Have a goodun;
Roust