Hellfire (Stonewood Saga Book 2) by Ally Vance

Author:Ally Vance [Vance, Ally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Quinlan

That went smoother than expected. I gently scoop the unconscious Esme up into my arms. She’s light and limp, and I find myself missing the fire and anger she'd be spewing my way if she were awake. It’s almost enough to tempt me to wait until she comes to, but I can’t. I need to get her away from here…away from him. We were best friends, growing up, but now Frollo thinks he’s so much better than me with his position in the church, and his status as my uncle. I’ll give him one thing, though: he’s never made me feel inferior, because of my imperfect vision.

I hurry out of the church with Esme, thankful for the crap weather keeping the locals inside. The rain falls hard and fast, splattering us with icy droplets of water. She stirs but doesn’t wake, and I move faster, taking her back to the house so I can plan my next move. My uncle will be coming round soon, and this is the first place he’ll look for us. Spotting his car on the driveway, a brainwave hits me, and I smile to myself.

Awkwardly, I adjust my hold on Esme, and reaching into my jeans pocket, I pull out my uncle’s set of keys. I press a button on the fob and the locks on the car doors disengage. Opening the boot to my uncle’s hatchback car, I set her down in the dark cavity and lift the cover so she’ll be able to breathe more easily. It may be raining and no one’s around, but there’s still a risk someone might notice I’m driving Frollo’s car and I’ve an unconscious woman in the back. I can’t do much to obscure my identity, but I throw a sheet over Esme to hide her presence.

I quickly go back to my uncle’s house and pick up Esme’s handbag before returning to the car. I make my way around to the driver’s side, and opening the door, I slide into the seat. I place the bag in the passenger footwell and then wipe my glasses while staring through the rain lashed windshield at the dark street ahead. Starting the ignition, I shift into gear and slowly reverse down the driveway and onto the road. I’m not the best driver; thankfully, my eyesight hasn’t deteriorated enough for my license to be revoked, but I shouldn’t drive when there’s low visibility due to bad weather or at night. It’s only a matter of time before I won’t be permitted to drive at all. Uncle Frollo will kill me when he finds out I’ve taken his car, but right now I couldn’t care less.

Driving extremely carefully and slowly through town, I take Esme to the one place my uncle has never seen or entered, the only place I can think of where he won’t find us. I just hope he doesn’t figure it out or somehow locate us. Esme and I need some alone time together without his constant interruptions.

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