Dream Keeper by Amber R. Duell

Author:Amber R. Duell [Duell, Amber R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Parliament House

I led the way through the same field the search party and I combed through. My car was parked in a nearby parking lot to avoid suspicion, but I looked over my shoulder every few steps for flashing lights. What would the cops say if they found me sneaking around here? They already thought I had an accomplice and Sandman looked fit enough to have snapped a neck or killed two teenage girls.

The Sandman nudged me with his elbow. “You okay?”

“The police already looked here,” I said. “They would have searched the sheds too.”

“What if the Weaver moved her? You said he spoke with you during the search party which means this area would be safe to hide her. It’s not far from your house so it’s worth looking again.”

I chewed on my lip. It was a valid point, but I hated wasting time double checking the same places. When we entered the trees near the new cul-de-sac where I spoke to the Weaver, I reached for the Sandman. He wove his fingers through mine. “None of this feels like real life,” I whispered. “Not everyone being dead, not Katie, not the Weaver. Not you.”

He was quiet for a long moment. “I’m sorry, Nora.”

I knew he was; I was sorry too. Sorry to Lisa and that cashier’s family. To everyone that loved Natalie and Emery, and to the woman who answered my father’s cell phone. I wasn’t sure my mother would want to know about his heart attack, so I still hadn’t told her. The numbness swept back in, erasing the pain that threatened to cripple me. After Katie came back, I would fill the family in.

We reached the edge of the woods, and I squinted toward the brand-new houses. With only two of them occupied, and only one with a visible shed, we shouldn’t have much trouble getting in and out. It was the middle of a weekday so with any luck, no one would be home either.

We rushed up to the nearest building, and I plastered myself against the back porch. The Sandman smirked. “I don’t think that’s necessary,” he said.

I stuck my tongue out at him. “Says you. If we get caught you can magic your way out of here.” I waved a hand at the shed. “Check, please.”

“Sure, let me get my invisibility cloak out first.”

“Sandman,” I growled.

He laughed. “Hold on, Nancy Drew.”

He didn’t bother hiding; he simply strode over and cracked the unlocked door of the tool shed. He shook his head.

I sighed and tilted my head toward the sun. The roof shielded me from most of it, but it beat down on me like a drum. Of course, Katie wasn’t there. But she was under the same sky as me, breathing the same air, so it was only a matter of time. The Sandman brushed a stray piece of hair from my forehead. My heart lurched at the touch.

“We’ll find her,” he assured me.

I nodded, and a square vent caught my attention at the peak of the house.

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