Rootless by Chris Howard

Author:Chris Howard [Howard, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-11-01T07:00:00+00:00

“The stars are all I need,” Alpha said, pointing at the night sky. “We keep north. Keep moving.”

“Thought it was a day’s walk,” Crow said, looming over my shoulder. “You getting us lost, sweet thing?”

“It is a day’s walk,” she said. “If you keep at the walking. And call me sweet thing again, I’ll chop you in two.”

Crow chuckled. “Your little man here mightn’t like me and you get to wrestling.”

“Cut it out,” I said. “We’ll be at the wagon soon enough.”

“Soon enough? Soon enough for what? Ain’t no prize for seconds. Not in this race. How you think we gonna beat Mister Frost to the punch?”

“Depends on your shortcut.”

“Didn’t say it were no shortcut. Just said it was safe.”

Alpha pointed at where Sal and Hina were already curled up, passed out on the mud. “We’re gonna have to rest a minute. Or the two of them ain’t gonna make it.”

“Fine,” Crow said. “Rest. I’ll do the watching.”

“I ain’t sleeping,” I said.

“That right?” Crow laughed as he sank down on the dirt. He stretched his arms out, and stared at the stars. “Sleep with one eye open, boss man.”

I went and sat on the other side of Hina and Sal, trying to keep my back straight so my head wouldn’t fall.

“We can’t trust him,” Alpha whispered, kneeling beside me.

“I know. But he needs us if he wants to find the wagon.”

“And then what?”

“Then we’ll have to keep our eyes on him.”

“I’m keeping my eyes on him now.”

“So am I.”

And I did. For about five minutes. Then my head plunged and my eyes sealed up and I was lost in a shadowy sleep.

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