Sanguine (Blood Slave Book 1) by HK Khan

Author:HK Khan [Khan, HK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Covey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

It takes about an hour to reach Ash, the last fifteen minutes of which we do on foot. We leave the SUV when the trees get dense. While Kent concentrates on an electronic map on his phone, I stay quiet. I don’t want to distract him and get us lost. Steps silent, I keep my mouth shut and take the time to enjoy being outdoors.

How did he get this far out so quickly after we talked on the phone? Our experiments must have taken longer than I realized at the time.

Fifteen minutes later, as we near our destination, a twig snaps behind me.

I whirl around with my brand new bo staff as Ash appears out of the brush. Relaxing, I glare at him. He shakes his head and puts one finger to his lips, signaling silence, before he beckons us to follow.

The guys tread lightly, and I do my best to imitate their movement. Ash crouches beside a patch of foliage and wiggles his fingers at Kent.

“Do you think this is it?” Ash points to something I can’t see. “It’s concealed, but my gut tells me I’m right.”

Kent glances over and signs, “I’ll ask her. Give me a moment to backtrack to a place where we can talk.”

I roll my eyes and kneel beside them. “Or you can ask me now,” I sign, unsure how I know their language. Maybe I learned it in the compound?

Ash slaps his hand over his mouth to silence his laughter, and Kent’s eyes go wide.

“You’re just full of surprises, aren’t you?” Kent pulls me close, and I lean in to take a look “Is this yours? Does it look familiar?”

I gently reach in and extract the strip of bloodied cloth. Rubbing my fingers against the rough weave, I nod to him. This was most definitely torn from my old shirt. I turn to Ash and ask, “Where did you find me in relation to here?”

He indicates to the northeast, and I turn away, to face the opposite direction. I walk a couple of feet and find a small droplet of blood crusted against the base of a tree. When I point it out, Ash gives me a smile in return.

“I came from this direction,” I keep signing. If Ash wants us quiet, I’ll stay quiet. “I ran for less than an hour before I passed out. I was trying to get away quickly, so I probably didn’t veer much.”

Ash pulls a paper map out of his back pocket and lays it flat on an overturned trunk. “This is where we found you.” He takes a pen out of his pocket and marks a spot in red. Holding the pen in his mouth, he signs, “And this is our current location.” Another crimson ‘x’ goes down.

Brow furrowed in concentration, Kent leans over the map. “Supposing you had adrenaline fueling you, you probably made the first mile in around six minutes. The average human running speed is eight miles per hour, and I’m thinking with your blood loss, you probably only went for forty minutes before losing consciousness.

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