Saving Fate by Billy Wong

Author:Billy Wong [Wong, Billy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Ann stared along the muddy riverbank, looking for any sign of where Mark might have washed up. She and Kyle had tracked him and his pursuer to the cliff off which they apparently fell, but found no trace of either after that.

"You shouldn't have left him behind," Kyle said at her groan of frustration. "There was an obvious possibility the first assault was a trap."

"Don't put all the blame on me! Why didn't you stay with him, if you're so smart?"

"My duty is to protect you, and you took off too quickly for me to stop you."

"Yeah, well, I hardly needed protection as much as him."

She felt quite like Mark must have upon finding out Brianna had left, actually. Why hadn't she told him of her interest in him? She had been worried to scare him off, and perhaps just a little wary of Kyle's critical eye when they were traveling. But she was definitely curious about how such a sweet, gentle boy would be in bed, and now she might never get the chance to find out.

"He did not do so poorly, you know," Kyle said. "He managed to disable that one in the woods."

Ann glared at him. "Yeah, and now he might be dead! Some end to a quest to find his mother that would be."

Kyle fell silent for a time, then said, "Maybe we should stop for now. We've already been searching for hours, and if he is still alive he probably washed up farther upstream and was found by someone."

"You might be right, but how's that a reason to stop looking? Let's check around for homes and see if anyone's found him!"

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Mark floated up through darkness, heavy eyelids twitching as sensation returned to his body. With consciousness came awareness of having lacked it. It seemed like nothing had happened between the first time he had been knocked out for an extended period and now. Why was he so inadequate?

At the same time, he knew he was lucky to still be alive. Something, he concluded, must be watching over him.

His eyes finally agreed to open, and he took in the sight of a gray-jerkined young woman leaning over him. For an instant he thought she was Ann, then he realized she had a slightly older face and brown hair.

"Where am I?" he asked, taking in the log walls around them. A smell of smoked meat lent the place a homey feeling that comforted him. "How did you find me?"

"You're in my home. I saw you being dragged roughly out of the river by a suspicious man, and when I asked what he was doing he attacked. So I took care of him and brought you back here for treatment." So he had lost that fight, too. No surprise, really, by now. She held up a small, sharp dagger and looked him in the eye. "One thing, though—just because I saved you, don't think I'm not watching you. I won't hesitate to slit your throat if you turn out to be a bad guy too.

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