Mountain of Lies (The Pack Book 1) by Jayne Evans

Author:Jayne Evans [Evans, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-17T23:00:00+00:00

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She didn’t get the chance. A massive boom of thunder followed almost immediately by a flash of lightning rocked them both off their feet and pressed the air from her lungs.

Hudson recovered first and got to his hands and knees, then rose to a squat, tugging her arm. The wind had risen into a shocking wail and she could barely hear him over it. “We need to stay low—find a ditch!”

She pulled away and rose to full height, sprinting to where she’d last seen Neville’s tail flicking between the trees. Hudson lifted her from behind and she kicked out at his shins, but he only tightened his hold and carried her to a dip in the ground near the edge of the tree line. The wind threw branches and pebbles at them and she put her hands up to cover her face, then tugged her hood out to provide some cover to Hudson’s face as well. He dropped her into the shallow depression and pressed on her shoulder when she tried to get back out.

“I’ll get him.” He didn’t give her time to respond, just turned and staggered into the trees.

Nev would hide. She should have told Hudson. He was a smart dog, and brave, but he knew to take shelter when he didn’t understand what was going on. He might come to her voice, but she wasn’t sure if Hudson would have the same pull.

She stood again and wiggled her toe into the side of the small bank to get a foothold, but a furious gust of wind sent her backward with her first step and her knee twisted painfully. She lifted herself again, but her knee throbbed when she shifted her weight and she let herself sink back, pounding the ground in frustration. More debris ripped past her head and she started looking for better shelter. She knew, without a doubt, that Hudson would do his best to find Nev, and worrying about it wouldn’t speed things up.

She squinted into the wind and saw the dark-bellied clouds overhead and realized they were directly under a thunderstorm. It would be over as quickly as it started. Lightning was a concern, but the greater danger was being clocked by flying debris.

Hudson had dropped her into a shallow trench in the earth that stretched along the tree line. If she was very, very lucky, she could follow the depression right into the shorter trees. The larger trees surrounding them would attract the lightening and hopefully, keep them safe. She glanced back toward the cargo netted drug haul, but decided it could stay where it was. Not even the thugs could argue if Mother Nature decided to trash their drugs.

She tried to move forward in a waddling crouch, but the wind kept catching at her upper body, sending her off balance. She switched to a crawl. Her sore knee got sorer, and her palms were aching within a minutes from the rocky ground. Lightning illuminated the sky again and she dropped low, blinking furiously to rid herself of the bright spots in her vision.

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