She closed her eyes and waited for the impact.
But her body landed in outstretched arms.
She looked up and saw that the person who had caught her was the same young man who had wrestled the lion and the bear.
“David!”
He set Wren down, and she shook her head. “I thought that was it.”
“You thought what was what?”
Wren smiled. “I meant that I thought I was going to die.”
“Oh, no, child. It’s not your time. There’s a lot of kingdom work to do. We need to hurry. We don’t have much time. Let’s go.”
Wren followed David over a rocky path that went around the cliff. After a short amount of walking, they reached a cave.
“Do you know those two people who were fighting?” Wren was still a bit freaked out about the shadow man.
“What two people?”
“You didn’t see a dark-cloud-looking dude and another man over there? They started wrestling.”
“No. I got distracted back at camp arguing with my brother. When I went to look for you, you were gone. Someone told me to try here on the mountain. That’s when I saw you trying to climb.”
How could he not see them?
“Can we go back to the camp?” Wren didn’t like the looks of the dark cave.
“Yes. But first I need to show you something. Plus, the Philistines sent troops to patrol this mountain. If we return now, we will surely be caught.”
Wren followed David into the cave, surprised that enough natural light was present to make her able to see where they were.
“Here.” David sat on the ground near a large stone. Next to the stone was an object that resembled a small leather journal.
“This is a weird scroll of some kind. It has drawings of people that dress like you do.” David handed the book to Wren.
She opened it and was shocked to see drawings of people, young and old, who were dressed in clothes from her time.
One drawing startled her, and she dropped the book onto the cave floor. David bent down to pick it up. “What?” He looked at her with a puzzled expression etched on his face.
“This picture here.” She turned the pages and pointed to the drawing. “This is my mom!”
“Your mother? That is very odd. Maybe it just looks like your mom.”
Suddenly, two Philistine soldiers appeared in the cave’s entrance, each bearing an ominous silver sword.
And behind them stood the shadow man.