Capture by Melissa Darnell

Author:Melissa Darnell [Darnell, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781935649212
Amazon: 1935649213
Publisher: Netherfield House Press
Published: 2014-02-02T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

The girl should’ve considered a career in the military, because she drilled me harder on those spell basics than any drill seargeant ever could have. My hands began to ache as I practiced making various spells’ gestures over and over until she was satisfied they matched the book’s illustrations. Only then would she teach me the words to think or say that would complete each spell.

I didn’t feel like I was learning all that much. But then I discovered I didn’t really care as long as she kept reading to me. Her voice had changed since we were kids. Even back then, her voice had never been very high or squeaky. But now it had a husky yet honey smooth richness to it. I liked hearing it enough that she could have been reading a cookbook to me for all I probably would have cared.

It wasn’t until she shivered two hours later that I noticed how much time had passed and that the sun had dropped to just above the treetops. As the sun set and we continued straight north, the temperature both outside and inside the truck’s cab had also begun to drop.

I switched to driving with my left hand, bracing it against my thigh for support, so I could turn on the heater with my right. And then I froze.

“Hayden? Are you okay?”

I barely heard her, my mind racing. If it was getting cold inside my enclosed truck, what did it feel like under those canvas top trucks behind us? They’d grabbed wool blankets from the camp for everyone to share. But it still couldn’t be comfortable for them. Most of them didn’t even have on coats because they’d been grabbed from their homes and taken straight to the camp. The only ones with coats were the few who had been taken as they’d arrived home from work and school, or the outcasts who had been grabbed from the woods behind my house along with Tarah. Not to mention, they would all need food and water and bathroom breaks.

I checked the GPS. Still eight hours to go till we reached the safety of Sioux Falls and Grandma Letty’s, and it was only going to get colder as night fell and we traveled farther north. I swore under my breath.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

“It’s getting cold. They’ve got blankets, but they’ll need more. Not to mention more food and water and bathroom breaks. And those trucks have to be missed by now. We’ve got to stop somewhere, get some supplies and different transportation.”

She reached for the GPS unit and started tapping at its screen. "If you take the next exit, they've got a Wal-Mart and a bookstore with free WiFi."

"Okay." I threw an early blinker in warning before taking the exit. The military trucks followed. At the stop sign, Tarah told me to turn left.

Two miles down the road as promised, we crested a hill and discovered the town below with a Wal-mart and a bookstore in front of it.

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