Aftershock: A Stone Braide Chronicles Story by Calhoun Bonnie S

Author:Calhoun, Bonnie S. [Calhoun, Bonnie S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: JUV059000, JUV001010, JUV053000
ISBN: 9781493400478
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2015-07-07T07:00:00+00:00

Selah talked to Jaenen for at least half an hour, making him repeat over and over the steps to finding the file buried in healer medical records. Selah knew her way around computers, thanks to her school training. It struck her as funny that she’d spent four years whining about computer studies because she would never need them in Dominion. And now those skills were going to play a center role in the future and saving Bodhi’s life.

The sun had ended its angular evening trek to the west behind the trees on their left. Street illuminators hummed to life. The road traffic had slowed to a man on horseback and a Sand Run. She watched the Sand Run, not having seen many since leaving home. It brought feelings of homesickness for the beach and her own bed. She rose from the bench at the same time Jaenen did.

A loop of rope dropped in front of her head. By instinct, she threw both hands up to her face. The rope stung as it pulled tight across her forearms. That could have been her neck, she realized. Selah panicked, not seeing or hearing an alert from Jaenen. She dropped, slipping under the rope and sliding it off her fingertips. Her head snapped forward as she was slammed to the grass without a sound, except for her own scuffling and grunting. She struggled, but her arms were forced together behind her, angling her body enough to press her to the grass, muffling her screams.

“Jaenen!” No answer. She bucked and kicked out behind her, throwing off the assailant. She scrambled to her feet and clawed away from her attacker. Her breath came in huge gulps. She fought to turn to where Jaenen had been last. Her heart pounded so loud she couldn’t have heard him if he did answer.

This had to be a man overpowering her. The solid weight drove her back to her knees. She tried to turn again. He lost his footing, slid in the grass, and dropped on top of her, driving her back into the ground and knocking the breath from her.

Powerless. Selah struggled to get her arms under herself for leverage as her face was shoved into the thick grass. She groped at grass and air, searching for something defensive to grab, her yells muffled as dirt and grass invaded her mouth.

She gulped in air, inhaling a blade of grass, then coughed, gagging. Her stomach tried to retch, but fear was the only emotion she could direct at the moment. Hands were pressing her head through the grass, trying to smother her in the dirt. She tried to climb to her knees, kicking out behind her in open air. Where was he positioned? The weight overwhelmed her. She was losing. Her nose was pushed tight to the dirt. It felt broken. Her ribs could no longer expand. Lack of oxygen made her arms run out of power. They started to cramp.

Where was Jaenen? Selah whimpered a last cry for help.

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