Beyond the New Horizon_The Last Sun by Christine Conaway

Author:Christine Conaway [Conaway, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-14T22:00:00+00:00

On the other side of the cave, a hand reached out through the snow. “I’m out.”

The opening which had steps to the outside, had caved in with the quake. Without the meager light from the fire and with the dust hanging thick in the air it had been impossible to find the door by sight. Charlie and Willy shifted rocks and rolled boulders away from where they thought the door should be until Charlie found the logs the door had been constructed from.

To Charlie, it felt like it had taken hours to clear the debris enough to remove the logs out of their way. Finally, with only the cold, wet snow blocking their exit, he and Willy began to dig in turns.

Willy had been ready to give up until he no longer felt the heavy weight pressing down on him. “I think I’m out,” he reported.

Pushing up, Willy forced his head and shoulders through the crust and paused, shielding his eyes from the bright sunlight. “Thank you, God,” he breathed, trying to catch his breath. At one point, Willy had been sure they were trapped within the confines of the cave, but now they were free. His limbs tingled with exhilaration. He felt an immense sense of euphoria at the sight in front of him.

The surface of the snow was crusty but wet, and Willy looked around in amazement. Where had the snow gone? There was still snow, but most of it seemed to be around the front of the cave. It looked like whatever had gathered above the opening had slid down blocking the previously cleared entrance. He saw the smokehouse Matt and Lucas had built standing alone. The pile of logs collapsed beside it, was all that remained of the one that John and Mark had constructed.

Willy forced his tired body forward until he was clear of the opening. Turning around, he reached his hands down to grab Sherry, who Charlie was pushing up to him. She had been clinging to the puppy when Charlie had pulled her from the rubble and hadn’t uttered a sound as Charlie felt for broken bones or abrasions. She hadn’t answered when asked if she’d been injured, but he had felt the dog wrapped up in her arms. The animal whined when Charlie included him in his examination and he’d felt a warm wetness, but couldn’t say if it was from Sherry or the pup.

“Are you okay?”

Sherry turned wide haunted eyes to him and nodded, “Mom?”

“Honey, I don’t know, but I’m going to go and help Charlie move some more rock. Can you go and wait by the smokehouse?”

Sherry looked around, stopping when her eyes lit on the wooden structure. She frowned, “Dad’s fell down…”

Her voice trailed off as if she’d realized her father was gone and his contribution toward their survival hadn’t lasted any longer than he had. A tear had gathered on her cheek, and she wiped it before it had the chance to fall, leaving a swath of pink skin.

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