Spring

“Stay wary.”

The three remained silent, looking over the valley before them, relatively safe in the clandestine heights of the mountain; however, as shadows swarmed over the valley below with an almost uniform pattern, each of them started to grow ever so slightly solicitous.
With every distortion, there was a slight rumble.

A slight sound that tripled each individual’s fear with every second that was to pass.

“Notice how the shadows come and go.”