Bait This! (A 300 Moons Book) by Tasha Black

Author:Tasha Black [Black, Tasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00

21

The bird had disappeared against the darkness of the sky by the time Hedda made it to the base of the mountain.

She strained her eyes to see its wings flash in the moonlight here and there, but the knot in her stomach already knew where they were headed. The bird was following the curve of the creek, past the little houses.

The air prickled with anticipation, as if the dark storm clouds were a just-spoken threat hanging in the air - and the water inside them was about to dash to the ground in terror.

Hedda ran steadily. She knew she should be tired, but mostly she was happy not to feel cold for a moment, happy the stretch of her muscles could distract from the panic in her heart.

They had reached the little town. The buildings loomed over the street.

For weeks after the population had left, the back-up battery on the security lights had glowed in the police station. But now even the station was dark as the tomb.

Please stop here. Stop in one of these terrible dark buildings, she begged inwardly.

But the bird’s wings shimmered above, moving onward, past the station, past the library, past the drugstore.

When they finally reached the gravel drive and the chain link fence, Hedda began to feel almost relieved. The worst was happening. She might as well face it. Lane women didn’t back down.

A hastily hand painted sign on the fence read:

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