Crocodile Keeps Following Riverboat, Then Passenger Notices What’s On Its Back

A distant sound

Then, faintly at first, Mara heard it. A low rumble of engines coming up the river, growing steadily louder with each passing second. Her heart leaped in her chest. She put a hand on Luis’s shoulder and pointed back downriver. He listened carefully, then nodded with quiet, deep relief in his eyes.