I See Me by Meghan Ciana Doidge

Author:Meghan Ciana Doidge [Doidge, Meghan Ciana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Old Man in the CrossWalk Productions
Published: 2014-10-29T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

“How do you know about this pack … of shapeshifters …” — I stumbled over the terminology Beau had used — “…that lives in Portland?”

“My mother told me.” Beau didn’t turn his gaze from the highway. He was intently watching the green-and-white roadside direction signs as they passed, though I didn’t know if he was looking for a specific turn off. He was executing some plan he’d made while I was still sleeping, and wasn’t being very forthcoming about the steps.

“What are you looking for? I can help.” We’d cut east along Highway 18 until it turned into Highway 99, the farmland giving way to the outer boroughs of a city. Beau had driven all night to get us this close to Portland before the sun had fully risen.

“The turn off to Walmart.”

“We’re parking the Brave?”

“Yes.”

“Because of something your mother told you?”

“She told me to stay far, far away from the pack, so I’m already ignoring the most important thing she ever taught me. It might be difficult to park the Brave downtown, and this will … well, if we have to run, they won’t know where we’re running to … hopefully.”

Fear curled its way down my spine to pool in the small of my back. I’d never felt that before. I was so scared for Beau, though he didn’t sound particularly fearful himself. I didn’t understand why I was imagining any of this. I didn’t know why I would ever want to put him in any kind of jeopardy, even within my mind.

“We won’t have to run,” I said, summoning up every ounce of confidence I could muster about an imaginary situation of which I seemed to have no control.

“We’re running now.”

“The dark-suited … Blackwell, the sorcerer —”

“I know who he is. I was there.”

I could hear the anger in his voice, but didn’t understand it. “You’re mad at me.”

“No, I’m absolutely livid with myself. I never should have let you out of my sight. He might not have approached at all if I’d been there.”

“If that’s the case, then you wouldn’t be worried about him returning.”

Beau let out a frustrated breath. “I’m trying to do my best. What I think is best.”

“I hadn’t planned on coming to Portland,” I said, trying to alleviate some tension by changing the subject. “I hear it’s a lot like Vancouver.”

“Don’t play nice, Rochelle. I want you, not the fake you who’s just pretending.”

“What if the fake me is all I have now?”

“Look deeper.”

I shut my mouth with a frustrated shake of my head. I wasn’t sure I could give him what he wanted. I was worried that at any moment, I was going to wake up in some hospital, drugged as high as heaven and without Beau.

He found the highway exit he’d been looking for. Then with a couple of more turns, he had us parked on the far side of the Walmart parking lot. Except for two other RVs that dwarfed the twenty-one foot Brave, the massive lot was empty this far from the store.

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