Island Redemption by Suzanne Cass

Author:Suzanne Cass [Cass, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-05-10T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The sound of soft giggling filled the night air, blending with the hum of cicadas.

Cilla raised a bottle of beer to her lips and took a swig then passed it onto Hayden. She dug her toes deeper into the sand and revelled in the cool damp against her toes. A welcome relief to the claustrophobic humidity that still surrounded them, even this late at night. The sand tickled the soles of her feet and she couldn’t help but giggle as well.

She was a little drunk, but what did it matter. They all were. Alisha had uncovered the bottles of beer they’d not got round to drinking the other night because of the storm. Thankfully all the bottles had survived the shelter’s destruction. The members of Moonrakers decided to sit on the water’s edge and drink them, watching the night devour the stars, getting tipsy and telling bad jokes.

They were only now climbing back out of the funk of having to vote Jason off last night. The tension back at camp after the last conclave had been palpable. The remaining members of the old Nightrebels team had been sullen and wary, not talking much as they hiked back to camp. Even Marg hadn’t been her chipper self, remaining stubbornly silent most of the night. Only Simon was his normal loud, annoying character. Everyone liked Jason. And that was why he had to go.

It’d been Simon who’d instigated the vote. Cilla hated to agree with Simon on anything. But his determination that Jason should be the first person from the Moonrakers team to go was right on target. With Jason in the team, they all stood less of a chance at winning the million.

The celebration tonight was a release from the tension and regret of yesterday. It felt good not to be thinking about the game for a little while. Cilla took another swig of beer as it was passed back from Alisha.

Alisha laid her hand on Cilla’s arm and cast a quick glance in Tam’s direction before saying in quiet undertones, ‘He’s just worried about you.’

Cilla snorted in a most unladylike manner, knowing exactly where Alisha was going with this.

‘Yeah well, he needs to stop treating me like an invalid. He’s been hovering over me like a mother hen for the past few days. It’s driving me crazy.’

‘We all just want to make sure you’re okay,’ Alisha whispered. ‘How’s your head today, by the way?’

‘It probably looks worse than it feels.’ The truth was it constantly throbbed, and every time she bent over or shook her head it felt like the branch was gouging the gash on her skull all over again. But she’d never own up to the fact. Not in a million years was she going to give anyone the slightest excuse to see her as weak or vulnerable and vote her off.

Especially not in front of Tam. The man had been getting on her nerves with his constant ministrations. Just this morning he’d made her sit under

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