Paige Summers walked on, and before she knew it, she had crossed another mountain ridge.
Just then, she finally found a clue.
There was a patch of shrubs that looked like they had been pushed down and then propped back up. A closer look revealed where they had been broken. And from them, she caught the faint scent of blood.
Paige Summers's heart tightened.
'Is it Marcus Monroe? Or Sheldon Reid and his men?'
'Either way, I have to go check it out!'
Following the faint, lingering scent of blood, she found a depression below the mountain peak to her left. She lay flat on the summit and peered down. The area was covered in layers of plants, including several species of highly aggressive mutated vegetation.
It didn't look like anyone was there, but her nose wouldn't lie to her.
'The source of the scent must be down there!'
