Live Bait

Maya leaned forward, eyes bright with excitement. "Elora, then what?"

"Then..." Elora glanced around, then casually pointed at a tree. "Hang him up there."

The moment Gus heard that, his eyes went wide in terror. He already knew what she meant.

Maya dragged him over, tossed one end of the rope over a thick branch, and gave it a hard pull. In the next second, Gus was lifted off the ground, panic wr