#FridayFlash The Order of the Cat

The Order of the Cat

Gravel crunched under the wheels of the blue Saturn as it pulled away from the stop sign, turning left down another unpaved road. In the nearly empty field, a massive harvester stood motionless like a lone sentry.

“I don’t think these back roads are saving us any time.” Jessica said, her blond hair falling over her face as she texted back and forth with one of her friends.

“We’ll be fine.” The man took a long drag off a cigarette and blew the smoke sideways out a partially r...