Desert Runner (Puatera Online Book 1) by Dawn Chapman

Author:Dawn Chapman [Chapman, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dawn Chapman
Published: 2017-10-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Waking sometime later, I tried to move. Couldn’t. Sleeping wrapped around another human being in the Hog was not a good idea.

I pulled on the door catch and sprawled out onto the desert floor. The jolt made my hip hurt all the more.

I bit down, trying my best not to swear. Forcing myself to stand, though the pain in my leg and hip was horrendous, I slammed my hand on the roof, cursing.

I felt Alex wake as the Hog moved. “Sorry,” I muttered.

When he poked his head out the door, at least he had more colour than he did last night. He reached down to pass me one of my flasks. “Here,” he said passing it to me.

I took a swig then downed a lot more than I probably should have. “How are you feeling?”

“Like I said things last night I shouldn’t have.”

I looked away because he had. He’d said too much, and I’d felt a lot more than I should have. Damned programming. But then, remembering how this time, I didn’t want to fight the programming, I almost let out a laugh. I covered my mouth before he tugged my arm back to look at him.

“Don’t be mean.”

“I should feel weird about being so close to you last night,” I said, drinking in his stunning green eyes. “But I don’t.”

I wasn’t sure what emotion I saw, his eyes twinkling and darted left to right, but I don’t think he knew either. I was the one who turned, walking away. I needed to stretch out and get the feeling back in my body.

I also wanted to take in the surroundings, to see where I’d actually driven us. We were slightly off where I’d wanted us to be and time was ticking.

Getting my bearings didn’t take long as I heard a humongous bellow above us. Instantly, I flattened on the ground, hoping the Tromoal hadn’t spotted the Hog or me. I flipped myself over and pulled my goggles over my eyes.

I could just make out the creature in the sky, its long wingspan flowing around it for what looked like miles. This one was the largest I’d ever seen. The underbelly of the creature was so huge. I realised suddenly this was a female. I swallowed, not just a female... The female! I was looking at the underbelly of the matriarch, the biggest of them all. I clicked a tiny side button on the goggles and zoomed in so I could see her in all of her glory.

The details of her scales were stunning. Reds and blues mixed with silver and black edges. The more I watched her, the more I was in awe. Then I noticed. Her belly actually moved, but they didn’t bear live young. They had eggs... What the…? I patted myself on the back for money spent well on this enhancement.

I felt something at my side. Alex poked my ribs. “Everything okay?”

I looked at him. His face went right out of view until I pulled the goggles off.

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