Forsaken Planet by Rinelle Grey

Author:Rinelle Grey [Grey, Rinelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Folly paused to catch her breath, her legs burning. Even the chilly night air, blowing across her sweaty skin, only partially cooled her.

It was all her fault.

If she hadn’t run off and left Kerit up on the edge of the crater all alone, the alien might not have carried him off. It might have taken her instead. Or at least both of them.

If only she hadn’t let her fear of losing him make her run away. She might have had a chance, even just for those few moments, to experience the hope and excitement of thinking that she just might have found someone to care about. Someone who might just care about her back. She might have had a chance to experience her first real kiss.

She reached out a hand to lean on the side of the building next to her, struggling to get in a full breath. The brick shifted under her hand and she jerked back, stumbling and nearly falling in the opposite direction. The brick tumbled to the ground, sounding loud in the silence.

Folly froze, staring out towards where the shuttle was. Had the alien heard?

Something creaked above her and her head jerked up.

Moonlight illuminated the second story of the building, its brick and concrete structure, riddled with fractures, swayed a little. All that held it up was one wall and a few remaining bricks on the other corner. One of which she had just loosened.

Backing away slowly, Folly held her breath. She judged the distance she would need to move to be out of the fall of the rubble, but knew she probably wouldn’t make it.

The building creaked again and a shower of dust fell down on Folly. She backed away a few more steps. Then a few more.

When she judged she was far enough away to be safe from falling debris, she heaved a sigh of relief. That was a close one. She needed to remember that these buildings were dangerous. Leaning on them was a stupid idea.

After allowing herself a few more deep breaths and time for her racing heart to slow to a more reasonable pace, Folly continued on. She’d made her last contact with Tyris half an hour ago now and she wasn’t game to make any more in case the alien heard her voice. Kerit’s brother had pointed her in the right direction, so she must be nearly at the ship now.

Ahead of her, the ruined buildings ended and beyond them was open plain. Somewhere along that edge was the ship, and hopefully Kerit.

She let herself slow down a little, as she crept up to the edge of the last building and peered around it. It was completely dark now, only the faint glow of the moon lighting her way, but about a hundred metres to her right she could see another glow, just barely lighting up the side of the spaceship. She squinted, her ears straining, but nothing moved.

She needed to get closer.

Moving back a street, she crept through

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