Fractured (The ARC Book 3) by Alexandra Moody

Author:Alexandra Moody [Moody, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: k'12
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2015-11-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

The sun is slowly beginning to rise over the mountains in the far off distance when April announces we’re nearly there. We must have been walking for hours by now and in the cool morning light I can just make out where we have been brought.

‘This is it?’ I ask, peering around.

We have reached the edge of the city and sprawling out before us is an expanse of long grass rippling gently in the breeze. In the distance, beyond the grass, is a tall barbed wire fence, but I’m unable to see what it borders.

As we move closer, I am immediately struck by an array of strange, vile smells, which emanate from the area. I crinkle my nose in disgust. The ground beneath my feet isn’t any better. Rather, it consists of thick, gluggy dirt that slurps and sucks at my shoes, which easily sink into it.

April leads the way. She moves certainly, following a path that avoids the large pools of water that collect on the sludgy ground. But even on the route we’re taking, my shoes and the bottom of my pants are still covered in mud.

‘Is this where you were that night when I caught you sneaking in?’ I ask April. She’d been defensive when I’d asked her where she’d been at the time, and I remember wondering at the mud that caked her shoes.

She nods. ‘I only come here when absolutely necessary, though I’ve more and more reasons to lately.’

‘Why?’

‘You’ll see once we arrive. There’s someone who will be very happy to see you,’ she says, winking at me cryptically.

My eyes light up and I lightly grab her wrist. There’s only one person she could mean. ‘Sebastian. Do you have him here?’

She gives me a small smile. ‘Yes, he’s at camp.’

I try to fight a responding smile and fail badly as I all but beam at the thought of seeing him again. Could I really be seeing him so soon?

We continue through the marshland, which only becomes more difficult to navigate. Kelsey struggles to walk without slipping and the hem of her princess dress drags through the mud, quickly becoming coated in dirt. No matter how much I try to help her she still continues to fall.

She looks miserable and on the brink of tears, but doesn’t let one escape. Even when her lower lip trembles, and I think she’s about to cry, she tightens it, scrunches her lips up in a pout and pushes on. I have to admit I’m impressed by how strong she’s acting, especially given how tired she is after such a long night.

When we reach the edge of the marsh, we approach an old barbed wire fence. The wire sags heavily in sections and is covered in rust. Behind the fence is a large open concrete lot that surrounds a series of huge warehouses made from corrugated iron. The whole place seems more abandoned than the camp I imagined April had been talking about.

April lifts the corner of one piece of loose fence and motions for us to crawl under it while she holds it back.

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