Earth Shaker: A Fire Heart Novella (The Fire Heart Chronicles) by Juliana Haygert

Author:Juliana Haygert [Haygert, Juliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

7

The idea was for us to keep driving until nighttime, find a quiet inn in the middle of some town where we could hide better than the roadside ones, and rest. But it was just past noon and we couldn’t take it anymore. We had slept only a couple of hours last night before the screaming and the running started. We had fought and ran, and the tension and fear clutching our bones and muscles brought on exhaustion faster.

Because of that, we agreed to stop at the only inn in a tiny, rural town around two in the afternoon. We rented one room with two queen beds so we could sleep for a couple of hours. But decided, once the sun set, we would be back on the road.

However, as we entered the small room and I took in the two beds, something like panic weighed down my chest.

Hanzi helped Wesh to one of the beds. “Wake me up tomorrow,” Hanzi joked, settling down on the bed beside Wesh.

I stared at the remaining bed. I understood why we shouldn’t have more than one room, but sharing a bed with Rye? I couldn’t think of that …

Rye halted beside me.

I jerked as if he had shocked me. “It’s been a while since we ate.” I retreated to the door. “I saw a diner two blocks from here. I’ll pick up some stuff for us.”

I left the room before he could say anything.

The town was strange. Even downtown was spread out and the blocks were long and full of trees and bushes. It was as if whoever built the inn hated the diner’s owners, and whoever owned the grocery store had a problem with the only gas station in town. There were only a dozen houses, and even those had huge lots, as if they all needed space from one another.

The walk, though, was good. I took several lungfuls of fresh air and stretched my legs after being in the truck for so long. The diner was deserted and no one seemed to pay attention to my combat clothing—my leather pants and vest and heavy boots. At least I had left my sword back in the truck.

I ordered some burgers and hot dogs and fries and other stuff I thought the guys would like, then started my trek back to the inn.

I gazed at the cemetery, located halfway from the diner to the inn. Behind it, was a church looking as rundown as the rest of the town. If there wasn’t someone at the front desk at the inn and a cook and waitress at the diner, I would have thought this town was abandoned.

Something tugged in the back of my mind and I sent my senses out.

The heavy, dark feeling was here.

I almost tripped on my own feet, but I kept going, my expression and movements neutral. The feeling was coming from the cemetery and from behind me. It was following me and getting close.

Swallowing my panic, I pulled out my phone, and like a gadjo would do, I pretended to check Facebook or Instagram.

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