.CHAPTER 27
Jupiter
disappeared below the horizon transforming the Ceres landscape to utter
darkness, except for the dim light coming from the millions of stars visible
from horizon to horizon. Twelve men slept in groups of three
to keep warm. Snoring drifted across the camp. Amasunto dozed nearby sitting against
a rock.
A dark figure crawled slowly and
silently on its belly toward the sleeping men.
A blackened face eased between two rocks. Two blue eyes stared at the huddled figures.
Jake inched ever closer as one of
the men rolled over on his side and pushed closer to the man in the middle,
pulling a thin blanket around his shoulders. If the man’s eyes would have
opened at that moment, he would have been scared witless to see Jake’s face
just inches from his own.
Jake stared at the sleeping man a
moment to make sure he wasn’t about to wake.
Then he reached back very slowly. The campfire showed briefly as a glint
of light on the blade of the long, razor sharp knife.
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