Free Falling, Book 1 of the Irish End Games by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Author:Susan Kiernan-Lewis [Kiernan-Lewis, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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“Mom! Mom! Are you okay?”

Sarah felt the cold and the wet before she opened her eyes. It was dark out but whether that was really the case or just in her head, she couldn’t tell. John was kneeling next to her, holding his pony’s reins.

“Mom, you fell. Are you okay? Oh, gosh, Mom, can you please be okay?”

Hearing the panic in her son’s voice, Sarah struggled to swim back to full consciousness. It was so dark.

“I’m okay, John,” she said. “I’m okay.”

“Oh, Mom, I was so scared. Are you sure you’re okay?”

Her head hurt badly. She put a shaky hand to her face and saw John wince as she did so.

“You’re bleeding, Mom. A whole bunch, like everywhere.”

“Where…where’s Dan?” she asked.

“He’s over there. He ran for a while and then he came back. But he’s all trembling and he’s limping, too. I think I saw him fall down.”

Oh, God.

“Help me up, sweetie.”

“Are you sure, Mom?”

“Just to sit up.” Sarah had to admit, between the rain, the darkness and the blood dribbling down her face, it was difficult to see. Worse, what she was seeing was slightly double.

Great. A concussion.

“Is it…is it night already?” she said, looking around. She had landed squarely in the middle of the road.

“It’s kind of night,” John said, standing up and absently patting his pony. “Or maybe it’s just the storm making it feel like night.”

“How long was I out?”

“I don’t know. Maybe fifteen minutes?”

“That’s a long time.”

“Well, maybe it wasn’t that long. I’m not good at times.”

“It’s all right, sweetie,” she said, feeling like her breakfast was about to come up. “Can you go bring Dan over here and let’s check him out?”

Glad to have something specific to do, John led his pony over to where Dan was grazing in the rain. Sarah threw up onto the road.

How far are we from Balinagh? she wondered, trying to wipe her face with her jacket sleeve. She eased her helmet off. She could feel the crack in it with her fingers and wondered if wearing it broken would be any help at all. When she saw how badly Dan was limping as John led him over to her, she realized it didn’t matter.

Nobody was going to be riding anywhere.

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