Rise of the Chosen by Anna Kopp

Author:Anna Kopp [Kopp, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Moon Publishers
Published: 2016-10-03T21:00:00+00:00

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SAM SAT alone at a picnic table. It was a beautiful shady afternoon, and the light breeze tickled her neck. She just wanted to close her eyes and forget everything. The stale crackers and water Adam had provided were enough to stop her stomach from growling, but they didn’t exactly provide much energy.

She couldn’t really blame him, since Chosen didn’t need to eat and all, but oh, how she wished for a nice greasy burger from Boots. And Lena. She wished she could see Lena again. She’d promised she would say goodbye, and now she might not even get a chance. Not before they…

Shuffling footsteps snapped her out of her reverie, and she turned around to face a little girl. No more than ten, the girl was small, but she radiated strength. She wore a plain blue dress that went down past her knees. She smiled at Sam, and her eyes burned a bright green. She looked so… alive. Then she extended her hand and put a big red apple on the bench of the picnic table. Sam looked at the apple and then back at the girl.

“For me?”

The little girl nodded enthusiastically.

“Thank you.” Sam smiled, and the girl broke out in a huge grin of her own.

“I’m Samantha. What’s your name?”

For a moment the girl looked unsure if speaking would somehow break some sort of code, but she decided quickly. “My name is Annie, and I’m eight years old.”

“Well, hi, Annie, it’s nice to meet you.” Another smile. This child was anything but dangerous. How could she ever think…

“I like apples,” Annie said, completely unaware of the turmoil in Sam’s head. “And I like flowers too. Want to help me pick some?”

She couldn’t say no, of course, so she took a bite of the apple and got up to help a little girl pick some flowers.

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