From the Shadows (The Light Book 3) by Brown Jacqueline

Author:Brown, Jacqueline [Brown, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Falling Dusk Publishing
Published: 2018-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

I adjusted my backpack; the feeling was familiar, yet still strange. Not even six months had passed since the light struck, but this was my life now: carrying my possessions as I trekked across the country, hoping every day to find food and water—and not enemies.

In a few minutes we would leave East and Haz. Perhaps we would see each other again, perhaps not. There would be no phone calls, no letters, no communication of any kind. They would either show up at our home one day—if we made it back—or they wouldn’t.

Though the world was completely different than before, it was somehow more real, truer. Gone were the distractions that made us believe we were invincible. The truth remained: living from one day to the next was not a guarantee. Perhaps the starkness of this life made it easier to believe in God. Perhaps it was being around people that believed or being around death. Facing it and dealing with it: that made me understand things I never did before, when life was spent in comfort, and people died, but not in front of me.

“Are you ready?” Blaise asked Juliette, whose hands held a pack and a leash made from tied and braided strips of rags.

Astrea wore her mother’s collar; it was a bit large, but she would grow into it. Gus said HoneyBee didn’t need it and it would be more comfortable for Astrea than a homemade one.

None of us, not even Blaise, was excited about the journey. Neither were those we were leaving behind. We had been here about three weeks and though it wasn’t home, it would be hard to find something better.

We stood at the edge of town now, with only Haz in front of us. Everyone else had come and gone. They’d taken turns telling us goodbye: some with tears, some without; some with trinkets or snacks, some without. East was noticeably absent. She’d disappeared from camp shortly after Jonah woke up.

“Take care of East,” Blaise said through tears, as she gave Haz a hug.

Haz laughed. “I don’t think she needs me to take care of her.”

“You need each other more than you realize,” Blaise said, touching Haz’s face.

He pulled her into a big hug.

“Good luck,” Josh said, shaking his hand. “We’ll miss you.”

“I’ll miss each of you too,” Haz said, as Sage gave him a hug.

“Thank you for bringing my sister to me,” she said as she released him.

Sara gave him a hug. “You’re a better man than you know,” she said, and I realized that she had changed far more than I gave her credit for. Her religious zeal wasn’t an act; it was who she was now.

“You don’t know me,” he whispered.

“I know the you that matters. The you that God loves. You are worthy of everything good and everyone good,” she said. Sara rose to her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek.

“I wish I could believe you,” he said.

“Someday you will, and when you do, you will find happiness and as much peace as is possible in a world of violence.

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