Into Forbidden by Regina Puckett

Author:Regina Puckett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Steampunk romance, Cyberpunk, Steam powered, Steampunk, dystopian
Publisher: Regina Puckett
Published: 2015-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

HARMONY WASN’T CERTAIN how far they’d need to travel before reaching Forbidden but suspected they’d not make it before the Overseers caught up with them. No one said anything about the train whistle that could be heard in the distance, although Harmony could now feel a slight vibration in the tracks. There was nowhere to run and hide in this desert, and everyone was so thirsty and exhausted, she doubted they still had it in them to run very far. Walker would probably wave a white flag as soon as he saw the Overseers, just for a swig of water. Griffin had given her his last swallow of water several miles back. She hated to admit just how miserably she’d failed. They were all going to get caught, and there was nothing she could do to stop it.

“So this is our big escape, huh?” Even a dry, hacking cough wasn’t enough to keep the whine out of Walker’s voice.

Harmony eyed the wavering view of Forbidden. The damn city still looked a million miles away. “Shut the hell up. How was I supposed to know the second car held the spare water? There weren’t any instructions lying around for me to follow.” She kicked at the sand and sent some flying up and onto Walker’s back, just for spite. “Besides, you’re damn lucky we didn’t have to walk the entire way, or better still, you’re damn lucky I didn’t just leave your sorry ass back in Freedom.”

“At least there I had some water to drink.”

Harmony rolled her eyes at how spoiled her baby brother was, but didn’t have the energy or enough spit in her mouth to keep arguing. She was now carrying Molly, to give Walker a rest. After the train had run out of water, they’d abandoned it, but soon discovered that neither robot could walk in the sand without tripping and falling every third step. Griffin and Journey were taking turns carrying Bolt while she and Walker took turns with Molly.

A hand reached out and steadied Harmony, just as she stumbled on one of the track’s sleepers.

“Here. Let me help.” Griffin’s dusty face poured with sweat, but in spite of the heat and exhaustion, he smiled as he took Molly from her.

She found it impossible to understand how, when she kept putting him in harm’s way, he could still smile, as though they were only out for a casual stroll in the one-hundred-twenty degree heat. Something inside her slipped at the sight of his infectious grin. Here they were, basically complete strangers, but he was being kinder to her than her own unappreciative family.

“Thank you,” she whispered. “What are we going to do? They’re coming for us.”

Griffin pointed toward the sky above distant Forbidden. “Looks like your little friend’s back.”

Harmony thought the heat and lack of water must be making him see things, but then saw two balloons lifting off from the middle of Forbidden. She squealed and patted Walker on the back. “Look up, Dunderhead! We’re saved.

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