Clann 03 - Consume by Melissa Darnell

Author:Melissa Darnell [Darnell, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Love & Romance, Juvenile Fiction, Paranormal
ISBN: 9781460318140
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHA P TER 17

SAVANNAH

I walked along the gravel road that wound through Palisades State Park. The summer sun’s heat was nice on my skin, warming me as nothing else did lately. But even the bright sun and gurgling creek—which to me seemed plenty big enough to be called a small river—weren’t enough to erase the dread growing inside me with every step I took.

How would Mom react when I told her we needed to find Lucy a new home for a while? Anne had called Michelle, and both Michelle and her mom were happy to take Lucy. And Mom had always liked Michelle.

But this was Mom’s dog we were talking about here. Lucy really was like a human child to her, and she never went anywhere without her.

Would Mom hate me for even suggesting this? Would she start to blame me for losing her job and the privacy of her home and her dog?

I really did not want to have this talk with my mother. At the end of the hill, I had to turn right and cross an

old-fashioned but well-maintained wood-and-metal bridge spanning the creek, which would lead me down to the f latter side of the brownish-green water’s shoreline where Mom and Lucy were hanging out.

Halfway across the bridge, I had to stop and admire the view. I could imagine a lot of couples taking their informal wedding photos here overlooking the dark gray boulders that rose up several hundred feet above the creek, carved from the cliff sides by the f lowing water and shaded by shallow woods. Unlike East Texas, however, these woods were made up of mostly hardwoods. So even here in the outdoors I was reminded of how far from home the Clann had forced us.

Sighing, I finished crossing the bridge, following the road again till it led me down past an open and f lat rocky area, and past that to a grassy, shaded area with several picnic tables and fire pits where fishermen liked to sit sometimes. Today I found only Mom and Lucy at the edge of the creek, watching mallard ducks that had f lown in to swim in the smoother parts of the creek.

I couldn’t believe Dad had been comfortable letting Mom go this far from our RV alone. Then I sensed his emotions, annoyance mixed with determination and that ever-present wariness, downwind somewhere nearby. I glanced around at the small wooded area to the right of the creek and spotted a slight shift in the shadows among the trees. Ah, there he was. I knew he’d never let her get so far out of his sight.

Repressing a smile at his protectiveness, I pretended I didn’t see him and instead called out to Mom to warn her of my approach so I wouldn’t scare her.

Unfortunately, I was also upwind to Lucy, so the dog immediately started barking before I even reached them.

Mom saw me, smiled and raised her hand, waving her entire forearm side to side in greeting.

“Hey!” Mom said as I joined her, and the dog went wild at the end of her leash.

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