A Tale of Two Proms, A Bard Academy Novel by Cara Lockwood

Author:Cara Lockwood [Lockwood, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, paranormal, Ghost, teen, love, magic, Bard, author, and, USA, Heights, enchanted, gothic, Starcrossed, Lockwood, Today, story, Lost, Academy, Healthcliff, book, Haunted, Clique, Sisters, Cara, triangle, Heathcliff, Miranda, Updated, Bronte, Moby, Ernest, The, Classics, retold, bestselling, boarding, Charlotte, school, Letterman, Wuthering, island, Hemingway, Catherine, High, Scarlet, Shipwreck, Emily
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-937776-23-7

Chapter Twelve

I was running so hard my lungs were burning. I was too afraid to look back. Lindsay was almost by my side, a step or two behind. Her breathing was ragged. It occurred to me that I was just running in a blind panic. I didn’t even realize if I was going in the right direction, if I still was headed to Heathcliff’s cabin or not. For all I knew, I was running back to danger instead of away from it. Off in the distance, I heard the sound of a horn honking. Parker, I assumed. She couldn’t be close enough to see us. She was probably just honking at a raccoon or something.

The thrashing behind us in the trees quieted down some. And then, it gradually shifted direction. After a few more steps, I realized whatever it was in the trees wasn’t following us anymore. After a few more yards, I slowed down. Whatever it had been, the horn had distracted it. I guess it went off to investigate the sound.

“Let’s stop,” I wheezed, out of breath, and grabbed Lindsay’s arm. She shook her head, her eyes wild. I guess it didn’t take much for her to kick it into flight mode when we were in the pitch-black woods of Shipwreck Island. A surprise birthday party here could give you a heart attack.

“I don’t think anything is following us right now,” I said, glancing back. Lindsay followed my gaze and she saw the same blank path behind us.

“That was anticlimactic,” she said. “I could’ve sworn something was going to get us.”

“I know.”

“Something really big.”

Lindsay met my eyes. I had thought the same thing. You don’t shake a tree like that if you’re the size of a boar. Unless you’re a boar who’s twenty feet tall.

“Maybe it was the wind,” I offered.

“Riiight.” My sister did not sound convinced.

I leaned over and put my hands on my knees to try to catch my breath. You would think I would have learned by now that if you’re going to stay at Bard, you’d better get in shape. I should’ve been running sprints during spring break to build up my stamina. I glanced uneasily at the trees, but none of them made any sudden moves, and I didn’t hear any giant branches cracking either. Whatever it was back there had gone another way. Or decided not to follow us for the moment. In either case, I was grateful.

As we caught our breath, the moon cleared a few clouds above us, and the forest got suddenly lighter. A cold wind blew in from the north. Lindsay put her arms around herself and shivered.

With the moon out and when I wasn’t running for my life, I realized this spot did look familiar. We weren’t far from Heathcliff’s cabin after all. And I had a strong desire to get inside. I turned north and ducked into the woods and then we were by the pond where Heathcliff and I used to meet so often.

“Wow, this is pretty,” Lindsay said, looking at the reflection of the moon in the still water.

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