His eyelids drooped as he huddled against the wall, the sound of his own heartbeat loud in his ears.The day’s events had drained him, and now, in the relative safety of the weather station, he felt the fatigue crashing down like a wave.
Just as he began to drift into a restless half-sleep, something caught his attention—a faint, almost imperceptible sound that seemed out of place in the silent room. At first, Tanner dismissed it as the wind, or perhaps his tired mind playing tricks on him.