Immortal Highlander, Clan Skaraven_Brennus by Hazel Hunter

Author:Hazel Hunter [Hunter, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781986840064
Amazon: B07BZN65RB
Barnesnoble: B07BZN65RB
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

BREAKING OUT OF their cold, miserable prison hadn’t been Rowan’s idea. After learning that Dr. Useless had set her up to be the distraction for her idiot escape attempt, she’d barely spoken a word to anyone but Perrin. But here she was, crawling out of the hole they’d somehow dug under one of the stall walls in the middle of the damn night.

As Lily crept to the edge of the barn to check the back, Emeline kept watch on the front. Perrin shook her head as Rowan tried to speak, and then made some kind of silly hand signal. The three women hurried around the barn and ran for the drying shed, leaving Rowan to stumble after them.

“Mind telling me what we’re doing?” she demanded in a whisper.

Perrin rose just enough to peek over the shed’s low roof. “We’re leaving.”

“With no supplies, no transportation, and no clue as to where we are?” When her sister didn’t respond she sighed. “Look, they won’t check the barn for another hour. We can go back, fill in the hole, and they’ll never know.”

The dancer gestured to Emeline, and pointed to a gap in the trees behind the farmhouse. “That’s where they brought us in. I’m sure of it. It’s wide enough to follow in the dark too.”

The nurse glanced at Rowan before she murmured, “You’re still pretty shaky, Perrin. We could wait another day.”

Lily uttered a low hiss and gestured down with one hand.

Rowan flattened herself beside the other woman, and held her breath as one of the guards lumbered by the bush. The moonlight danced over the guard’s scar-split face, making her let out a slow breath. Tri, the stupidest of the things that had snatched them, wouldn’t notice an escape attempt even if they asked him for directions.

“Coig,” the guard called out, and the sheep under his arm bleated and struggled piteously. “Fresh meat for you to carve.”

Rowan felt Emeline stiffen beside her, and heard her make a choking sound. Grimly she clamped her hand over the nurse’s mouth and watched until the guards moved out of earshot. Then she let go, and looked over the nurse’s shuddering back at Perrin. “Snow White is about to have another pukefest. If the sound doesn’t give us away, the smell will. We’re going back. Now.”

“You can if you want.” Her sister touched Emeline’s shoulder. “Deep, slow breaths, like last time. That’s it, girl.”

Rowan couldn’t believe how oblivious they were. They really thought they were just going to run out of here without a single problem. “We are going to get caught. Perrin. Are you even listening to me?”

“We can’t go back now,” Lily said flatly. “You heard your sister last night. Althea is coming for us, and she’s bringing help.”

Rowan wanted to smack her alongside the head, but the tough little blonde just might break her jaw. “Yeah, well, Perrin talks in her sleep. She has since we were in foster care. Tomorrow she’ll probably tell you Santa is coming with eight tiny reindeer to rescue us.

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