Andromeda by Amy Bartelloni

Author:Amy Bartelloni [Bartelloni, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Dystopian
ISBN: 9781499105018
Google: vuqRoAEACAAJ
Amazon: B00K2HL9QU
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2014-05-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Since the girls had arrived, and even before, Lazarus had been preoccupied with getting them to the Valley—a place he had not the faintest clue how to get to. His home was the deep woods and valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place that wasn’t all that different from Vermont—besides the weather, that is. He’d never been this far north, and the idea of a ski resort was as foreign to him as the idea of a moon colony, but he studied the maps when they fell asleep and he had a good idea which way to go. Still, he couldn’t believe his luck that Jade and Sera had walked right into his lap. Good or bad luck, though, he hadn’t decided yet. He’d thought he would be stuck living in that old house with Mrs. McGovern for the rest of his miserable life, but it beat being another body on that wretched pile in Albany, or dying in the street.

Actually the old woman wasn’t so bad, when she wasn’t nosing around his business. In the end he had to tell her everything, Albany, the soldiers, the connection to President Vise, but he never thought it would amount to anything. When Jade and Seraphina walked in the door, though, he had to make sure she didn’t tip them off. He didn’t leave them alone for a second. She’d come close, but in the end the only thing she’d passed on was her suspicion, and close only counted in horseshoes and hand grenades, as they say. Now they were on their way. The sun had come out, and Lazarus would claim his reward.

They made their way through Bennington and followed the deserted Route 7 into Glastonbury, if the map was correct. It was peaceful here, even if the weather was a little chilly. He pointed out Glastonbury Mountain to the east and Jade grunted. She’d become more and more surly as their journey went on. Women. He’d be happy to pass her off. The soldier who’d recruited him told Lazarus she was an enemy of the state—an anarchist. She didn’t seem like much in the beginning and he had his doubts, but it didn’t matter anyway. He was a soldier and he was recruited for a job. He likened himself to a spy from the CIA, a kind of southern James Bond, and the fact that he was promised a reward for bringing them in just sweetened the pot. He poked the side of the road with his stick and held his head higher.

“Here,” he said, and pointed to an old campground nearly swallowed in the brush. Jade had an annoying habit of checking with Sera whenever he made a decision. He grimaced for a second while they conferred, but she had to think she had some control or she might run off, so he let it go. It was getting close to sundown, and though they’d seen no signs of people anywhere along the way, he had to play it safe and bed them down for the night.

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