PROLOGUE

WILD GIRL: A Mystery set in Hawaii

NOW

She watched from cover as the first rays of the sun slanted through the jungle and struck the naked man tied to the road sign. He didn’t look scary anymore with his stocky body revealed and his loud mouth silenced with a gag. The pale of his torso and buttocks contrasted with his tanned legs and arms as if he still wore clothing. Enough time had passed that he’d slid down the pole to the ground and pulled his legs up to hide his small, soft root and berries, parts he’d used as a threat. 

She’d left them still attached to his body with the promise they’d be gone if he used them to hurt anyone again. The words she’d carved into his chest and rubbed over with salt were scabbing already, but they would always be there, a reminder.

Dawn filled the sky suddenly as it did here in the Waimalia Valley, and he was going to be visible.  Cops would come eventually, as they should. 

She pulled back into the jungle and headed for home.

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