Shades of Red by kc dyer

Author:kc dyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV000000
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2005-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Atinny beeping sound in her ear woke Darrell, and she sat up, feeling groggy and disoriented. How had she fallen asleep? She’d been so worried she thought it would be no trouble to stay awake. So much for taking a break. She’d take a break when she’d managed to find Conrad and bring him back to Eagle Glen where he belonged.

She reached down and felt around beside her bed for her prosthesis. Everything else she needed was bundled into a spare pillowcase on her bed. She adjusted her leg and then piled the bedclothes into a lump that she hoped would resemble a sleeping figure. It wouldn’t matter anyway — she’d covered any questions by giving everyone the line about Uncle Frank taking her shopping. Everyone knew he was an early riser. She’d just say she left before anyone woke up. That gave her two full days to find Conrad, which meant a lot of time in the strangely condensed world of the past. More time than she’d ever need.

An almost full moon shone through the curved glass of the window, with Venus gleaming brightly beneath and both reflected back on the countless waves below. Delaney’s tail thumped once on the floor, but Darrell had remembered to bring up a few biscuits to bribe him into silence. It was a happy dog, licking his chops, that followed the shadow of a girl down the quiet school hallway towards the library door.

The school was old and full of its own noises in this first hour of a February morning. It creaked and shivered like an old man dreaming, and Darrell jumped and hid in a doorway more than once, only to find it was just the old building, settling in its sleep. She closed the library door behind Delaney with a sigh of relief. All abed and none the wiser — just the way she wanted it.

“I think we’ll just skip the lights, okay boy?” she whispered to Delaney. “Don’t want to attract attention now that we’re in the clear.”

Delaney dashed to the back of the long room ahead of Darrell, and she made her way more cautiously along one of the lengthy corridors, running her fingers along the spines of the books to guide herself through the dark. She could hear Delaney snuffling happily near the hidden entranceway, and she reached into her cloth bag for a small flashlight. When a light shone into her face and blinded her, she continued to muddle around in the bag for a moment, thinking she had somehow switched it on.

“What a relief. One more night on this floor and I would have probably given up and gone back to my bed for good.”

The sound of the voice nearly sent her through the roof. She squeaked and dropped her bag, scattering the items at her feet.

“Geez, Darrell, I didn’t know you were so easy to scare.”

Darrell was beyond furious. “Paris! What are you doing here? And would you get that light out of

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