Away by Megan Linski

Author:Megan Linski
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Love & Romance
ISBN: 9781480011809
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-09-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

He had to pick the rest stop in the middle of nowhere. Away from the highway, surrounded by nothing but flatland, making it impossible to hide. It consisted of nothing but two bathrooms and a vending machine. I was on my own.

“Be quick,” Jack told me as he uncuffed my hands and turned into the men’s bathroom. “We have to leave soon.”

I shook my hands, grateful to have the cuffs off, slipping off my jacket to put it on the bench beside the door. I nodded at him and pretended to head into the women’s room.

Once the door shut behind him as he went into the men’s, I bolted. I got out the door, spinning in circles. Nothing but flat farmland. It was a horrible place to run. But I had to try. I headed to the car, opened the driver’s door and looked for the keys. No good. He wasn’t that dumb. The highway was a mile off. Could I make it?

I had no option. Running as fast as I could I turned towards the interstate and started booking it. My breathing was already labored from my fear, and my lungs swelled up in my chest, fit to burst. What would happen if he caught me?

Don’t think that. This is just like racing with Noah, I thought, and as I remembered his name a pang shot through my heart. Me and Noah are just having another race, and he’s right behind me. He’s not going to win this time. He’s not going to win.

That wasn’t Noah behind me. But Noah was faster than Jack, and I could run almost as fast as he could, which meant maybe I could beat him. I push my body faster and faster, leaping off of my toes to make my strides longer. As the highway nears, I feel a bit of hope. Can I make it?

“ROSEMARY!”

The roar of the dragon rings in my ears and I cry out as I stress my body to its limits. I glance behind me, see the flaming red eyes, the yellowed teeth clenched in fury. Go, go, faster, faster! Don’t let him catch you!

Jack is gaining on me. He’s faster than I thought. “Please, no!” I scream, and I put on one last burst of speed but it’s no use. I’m exhausted. Before I know it the weight of the entire world is tackling me down to the ground and slamming me into the dirt.

“Get off me!” I scream. I slap him across the face, hard, and then try to dig my nails into his eyeballs. It does no good. He grabs me and pulls me to my feet, keeping a firm grip. “Stop this! Stop this right now!” Jack starts shaking me roughly. “You stop!”

It feels like an earthquake is running through my body. I hear things crack as he jolts me back and forth. I feel as if my neck will snap. “Are you done trying to run? Are you done?”

I let out a whimper and he stops shaking me, breathing erratically.

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