A World Divided by Rebekah Clipper

Author:Rebekah Clipper [Clipper, Rebekah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Elise

Her legs felt like they were going to fall off, and her sides were burning from the exertion. Elise didn’t think she had ever moved so quickly in her entire life. Her vision was becoming fuzzy. It hurt to take in another breath, but she kept pushing herself forward. As far as she knew, no one pursued the odd group, but even if she had the air to say anything to Jade, she would have kept her mouth shut. Jade made it abundantly clear she was not someone to mess with, and if she said run, then gosh dangit, you ran.

Just as Elise was sure she would collapse, Jade slowed the pace of the party to a brisk walk. Elise took several steps, but her lungs decided to stop working entirely. She stopped and doubled over, gasping for precious oxygen. She began to cough and cough and was afraid she would never stop. Aroon walked over to her. When they were sprinting, he had gone down to all four limbs, but once they stopped, he stood back up on two. He put his hand on the young girl’s back and rubbed gently. Eventually, Elise stopped coughing and caught her breath.

“Who in the world taught you to run?” Jade asked, a small frown evident on her lips. “I’d like to meet them and tell them exactly what I think about their poor training.”

“I’m… just… a little… girl,” Elise said between gasps.

“So’s Ashley, and you don’t see her whining,” Jade said, pointing at the other girl who appeared just as collected as she had before their mad dash to freedom.

“Hey, I’m not little!” Ashley put her balled up fists on her hips. “You’re just not happy unless you have something to complain about. Don’t let her get you down, kid. You did great. Just need to work on your breath control and you’ll run laps around Miss Grumpster in no time.” Ashley’s easy smile helped to calm Elise.

Jade rolled her eyes and said, “Finish catching your breath. We need to keep moving.”

Elise took a few minutes to slow her racing heart. As soon as she felt like she could take another step without passing out she said, “Okay, I can keep going. Where are we heading?”

“Home,” was all Jade said in response.

“Oh, you’ll love it!” Ashley said enthusiastically. “I can guarantee you’ve never seen anything like it before.”

Ashley took her roughly shorn staff back into her hand and started forward at a much more manageable pace. Chase walked on Elise’s right side, occasionally increasing his speed to walk next to Ashley and then stopping until Elise was by his side again. Aroon stayed right next to the girl’s left until they were forced to walk single file. He kept glancing about with his large eyeball, searching for unseen enemies.

They weren’t following any defined path Elise could see. Jade had pulled out a machete Elise hadn’t noticed before. Although, she wasn’t sure how she had missed it. Maybe the swords on her back were too impressive to take stock of much else.

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