Jared’s voice drifted from behind her. “Maria… even the gibbons are screaming their heads off. And the flamingos have squeezed themselves into one corner like they saw a ghost.” Maria kept her eyes on Lila, her pulse quickening. Whatever lay under that barricaded patch of earth—Lila did not want anyone going near it.
And everywhere else in the zoo, animals were unraveling too. Jared’s voice trembled behind her. “The rhinos won’t touch their hay. The gibbons refused to come down this morning. The flamingos haven’t moved from the far corner since sunrise.”