Hide and Seek by H. L. Wegley

Author:H. L. Wegley [Wegley, H.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-61116-202-8
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2013-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

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Jennifer maneuvered carefully through the trees avoiding twigs that might snap and other noisy blunders. When she stepped between two small trees and pushed aside some branches the road lay at her feet.

The road would lead her down the mountain for help, but her heart pulled her in the opposite direction, back to help Lee. But going back might endanger him so she would keep her promise.

“Please, God, protect him,” she whispered as she stepped onto the old logging road.

This is becoming a habit.

Was her new habit born of desperation or a growing faith? Unsure of the answer she deferred the question until later.

Jennifer started jogging slowly, letting her leg muscles warm up. Soon she had stretched out the kinks from the hours spent hiding in the cave. Her muscles warmed and relaxed. But not her mind. It couldn’t stop worrying about Lee.

I know he’s intelligent and he knows these mountains, but please keep him safe.

Another prayer. Desperation or faith? The question remained. So would her spontaneous prayers…at least for now.

After Jennifer passed the saddle between two peaks she reached the switchback where the road turned to the right and then plunged downward in a steep descent to the valley floor. Gravity wanted to take over now, and she gave in to its force, for speed and to conserve energy. As she accelerated Jennifer used her leg strength to hold back so she wouldn’t lose control of her body.

The road steepened and she felt like she was flying down the mountain. The feeling was so exhilarating she couldn’t resist letting gravity have its way. She had never gotten into running. But if it could give her this sensation she vowed to begin running every day.

She flew down the mountain for another two-hundred yards. Over the treetops a whole residential development appeared. Those houses were a considerable distance from the mountain.

Another hundred yards down the road, she passed the upper end of a mountainside meadow. The new spring grass was a brilliant green and the early wildflowers sprinkled it with yellow and lavender. At the base of the meadow lay house number one.

The long wait to call for help—the wait filled with one frustration after another—was nearly over.

Jennifer felt an urge to run straight to the door of the house. As her gaze swept the property it settled on the driveway. A large iron gate blocked access to the house. She looked on both sides of the gate. The owner had fenced the entire property.

A survivalist?

She’d heard of those who so distrusted the government and nearly everyone else that they fortified themselves in their houses. She saw some of their websites filled with conspiracy theories. Theories such as 9-11 being an “inside job.” Her time with NSA provided access to facts proving the foolishness of such thought.

She had analyzed some of the 9-11 terrorists’ communications, gleaning intelligence NSA could not obtain until after the attack. What she learned about the evil behind the attacks motivated her to undertake her current work developing tools to thwart terrorist plots.

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