Antigoddess by Kendare Blake

Author:Kendare Blake [Blake, Kendare]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
ISBN: 9780765334435
Amazon: 0765334437
Barnesnoble: 0765334437
Goodreads: 13246736
Publisher: Tor Teen
Published: 2013-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

12

WHAT HAPPENS ON THE ROAD

“Shouldn’t we leave this thing somewhere farther off the beaten path?”

Athena looked over her shoulder at the silver Taurus. It stared back sadly, like a dog being left at the pound, parked in the rear of the lot of the travel plaza just outside of South Bend, Indiana. She shrugged.

“Well, shouldn’t we take the plates off or something?”

“Don’t see why.” Athena shrugged again. “We’re going to be long gone before anybody finds it, and the trucker probably didn’t get the plate number anyway.”

“You’re wrong there,” Odysseus said as they walked. “He was probably on the radio as soon as we started swerving over the lines.”

“What are you worried for? We’ve already crossed a state line, and the car was probably stolen in the first place. They can’t tie it to us, and even if they could, we’ll have disappeared. We don’t have time for this. Let’s just get something to eat and catch a ride to New York.”

Odysseus sighed and shut up, and Athena looked at the travel plaza. It was made up of a Shell gas station-slash-souvenir shop, a very large set of restrooms, a McDonald’s, and a Dunkin’ Donuts. Both of the restaurants were greasy. One was greasy and sweet. She pulled open the main door and looked in both directions. The whole place smelled like hot oil and diesel fuel.

“You go to one and I’ll go to the other. Grab some food and try to find us a ride. Preferably a trucker.”

“Why a trucker?”

“They’ll be going farther and they usually have a sleeper in the cab. You have money, don’t you?”

Odysseus nodded and pulled out his wallet. He gave her a ten and headed toward Dunkin’ Donuts. Athena walked into the McDonald’s side. There was a short line and a few of the people waiting were truck drivers, men with cheap ball caps, thin legs, and blue jeans pulled over cowboy boots. She glanced down at herself. She looked like total shit; if not like a criminal then at least like a runaway who’d had a rough couple of days. She buttoned her cardigan up as far as it would go to cover the bloodstains. The tears in her jeans might at least pass for a fashion statement.

When she got in line, she made sure to smile and nod at the guy in front of her. He was thirtysomething, with a goatee and mustache and a long, black mullet hanging down from his baseball cap. She checked the logo: New York Yankees. She smiled again; he turned around.

“You look like you’ve been on the road awhile,” he said with a nod to her clothes.

“Yeah,” she replied. “There was a sort of mix-up with my ride. A difference of opinion.”

He nodded and gave her an understanding smile.

“I wound up losing all of my bags. It’s been kind of a nightmare.”

“Well,” he said, and glanced up at the plastic, backlit menu. “To ease the blow, how about I buy you some lunch?”

“Oh, no, I couldn’t,” Athena replied.

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