Breaking the Barriers for You by Brooke Baker

Author:Brooke Baker
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Ethan

I heard a scream ahead of me and lifted my eyes. I couldn't see Kat anywhere. I started to run, scanning the ground for signs of what had happened. I could hear sliding. I spotted where she had gone off the trail.

“Kat?” I yelled. “Kat!”

I suddenly had a clear memory of where I had been worried in the summer that I might do the same thing. Slide or fall off the trail at a spot with a very steep drop off.

I had been watching for the place, but it all looked so different with the snow, and she had been ahead of me.

Stop making excuses, I told myself. Find her.

“Kat,” I yelled, pulling out my backpack and dropping to my knees to get the rope out. I tied it to a tree as quickly as I could and then wrapped it around my waist, using it to slow my descent. Like makeshift rappelling gear.

When I got to the bottom, I called out to her again.

A soft sound met my ears.

“Evans, where are you?”

I began walking and searching for where she had fallen—stopping every few seconds to listen.

“Kat?”

“I’m over here, Wright,” her voice was coming from behind me. I turned and scanned the ravine. Then I spotted the bright blue of her ski jacket and took off.

When I reached her, I dropped to the ground.

“Are you hurt? Is anything broken?”

“I don’t know.”

“Try moving your arms and legs.”

She did and then shook her head.

“I don’t think anything’s broken. Bruised, that’s all. But my head is another story.”

"Can you walk?" I asked, terrified of her answer. I could get by in the woods. Make a fire, that sort of thing. My grandfather had taught me a lot, but staying overnight in the woods in the winter was way beyond my wilderness skills.

“I think so,” she said. “Help me get up?”

Soon she was on her feet. She took a few steps and didn’t look too bad.

“How’s your head?” I said, not wanting to make her walk but knowing that worse things could happen if we didn’t get to shelter soon. We needed to reach the cabin.

“I’ll be fine. Let’s get going, Ethan. It’s pretty dark already.”

“Okay,” I said, looking around and trying to get my bearings. “I’ll climb up and throw you down the rope to help you get out of here.”

"Sounds good," she said, and I climbed up as quickly as I safely could. Then I threw her the rope, and she climbed up a lot more slowly. But she made it, and I breathed a sigh of relief when she was safely on the path once more.

“Kat,” I said, giving her a serious look. “No more splitting up. We’re in this together, remember. Or we’re not going to make it through this. Please.”

"Fine," she said, her eyes troubled. "I'm sorry, Ethan. I didn't mean to cause more problems."

"It's not a problem. I'm just glad you're alright. Let's go. It's not far to the cabin now that we're at the part of the trail with the drop-off.

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