Free Taming a Planet (Trapped in Time Book 2) by Saxon Andrew Page A

did they pass up all the others to attack Dinah? Something had to be going on.
    She edged Dinah closer to the tree line and watched the trees closely. She finally saw a T-Rex stick its head out of the trees and raise its head. It sniffed the air and looked directly at them. She tapped Dinah with her right knee and she ran away from the forest. The T-Rex stepped out but saw a chase was hopeless. The carnivores were drawn to Dinah because of the way she smelled. She thought about all the carnivores they had encountered and remembered that one of the T-Rexes attacking the Triceratops had turned from them to come after Dinah. She said, “Dinah.” The Cursor looked at her over her shoulder and Harmony gave her the water gesture. Dinah veered to the left and picked up speed. Just before they topped a rise Dinah came to a stop. Harmony slid out of the saddle and walked to the top of the rise with her rifle in her hands. She saw two T-Rexes drinking at a pond. She gave the down gesture to Dinah and she went to ground. It was getting hot and Harmony hoped the two Apex Predators would go back to the forest soon. After thirty minutes the two giants walked away from the pond toward the tree line four hundred yards away and disappear. They were downwind from the T-Rexes and they gave no indication they smelled Dinah. Harmony gave the up gesture and jumped in the saddle. Dinah lifted her nose into the air and ran toward the water. Harmony kept her rifle in her hands while Dinah drank and ate the grass around the pond.
    Harmony walked over to a group of thick plants growing about fifteen yards from the pond. The plants had sharp pointed leaves but there were several brown pods growing on the edge. She picked the pods and squinted against the smell. Andy told her that these were called stink bushes and she had to agree that the name was absolutely an understatement. She held her nose and carried them over to the pond. She filled a water pouch that was close to empty and drank quickly. She called Dinah over and she jogged up and suddenly came to a stumbling stop. Harmony gave her the down gesture and Dinah reluctantly obeyed. She moved her head away from Harmony and for her part, Harmony couldn’t blame her. She appeared to be taking a breath and holding it for as long as possible.
    Harmony took several strips of leather out of a pouch and tied the pods to Dinah’s harness. She jumped in the saddle and said go. For the next hour Dinah moved north, furiously shaking her head. It was all Harmony could do to breathe. Harmony watched the tree lines they passed and saw two instances where a T-Rex stuck its head out and jerked it back. After two hours, the smell was only awful and Dinah appeared to be able to smell other odors. The nose could only bear so much before it filtered out really offensive smells. Even the herbivores moved out of their path. It would really be a good thing if the Cursors could eat those pods. She smiled and looked up at a clear sky and felt good to be alive. Whatever happened, she was at least finally free of those who had made her a slave.
    Andy had flown over Dinah and Harmony while they were adjusting to the smell of the stink bush. He knew he had to have missed them. There was no way they could have moved this far north. His heart went into his throat and he prayed nothing had happened to them. His fear was as great as it had ever been. He whipped the glider around and moved south. His tears started and he suspected the worse. He never should have left them. It was his fault if they had been killed by a carnivore. He moved down the forest line and an hour later he knew he had lost them. Then…he heard…”DINAH!”
    He whipped the glider around. He was downwind from the source of the roar and he flew at his highest speed into the breeze and finally saw them out in the middle of the plain. Dinah was at her full height roaring. Harmony was holding on wondering what was going on. Andy came in at full speed and