Sin: A Survival Romance Fiction (Her Story Trilogy Book 1) by Kensley Hatch

Author:Kensley Hatch [Hatch, Kensley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“We didn’t catch anything.” Michael’s dejected announcement came unwelcomingly when they had returned from checking on the traps the next morning.

Summer plopped herself down next to the fire without making eye contact with anyone.

“We were there too long yesterday.” She said, ripping shreds of bark off of a stick. “The birds probably could smell our scent and stayed away.”

No one else said anything. Nor, did anyone attempt to make breakfast with their other supplies, besides Stephanie making tea for Meline.

Summer got up and began to restlessly pace up and down the length of the campsite between the two furthest tents waiting for Bridger’s return. She and Julian had not talked since last night’s outburst, and he kept his distance from her nervous walking, though Tania sat next to him and seemed more than willing to throw sour glares in her sister’s direction. Summer noted them with irritation, but she soon forgot about them as the hours passed on and still there was no sign of Bridger or Phil. They hadn’t traveled that far in between the day from when Phil had allegedly seen the animal tracks and when they camped here. Summer could only imagine how much distance they could have already covered with the time they had been gone. She tormented herself once again with wondering whether or not there had even been any tracks. The pain in her stomach was a constant reminder of the pain in her mind, but she couldn’t tell which one of these was causing her actual headache. It didn’t really matter because the throbbing got worse without regard to what was creating it.

Meline was still having coughing fits, but miraculously had gotten a couple of hours of sleep in between each hacking attack last night, which made it much easier to sleep for everyone else in the tent. However, it didn’t do any good for Summer because she had been unable to fall asleep last night for different reasons. After her fight with Julian, she was trapped staring up at the canvas ceiling of their tent mulling over the argument again and again. Summer knew she had been in a touchy mood all of that day, and it was easier to confess to herself that she had likely overreacted. Yet, her brain stubbornly recalled the harshness of his words and sleep became elusive as she compared them to the harshness of her own. She tried switching from one side to another, but she finally gave up and allowed her mind to race and repeat while she laid on her back sullenly.

When the sun was high over their heads, Julian left camp with a machete-like knife and headed into the surrounding woods. The irregular sound of branches being hacked down eventually followed his departure. Summer picked up her own axes and headed in the opposite direction of where he had gone. She soon found a tree that looked partially dead and commenced to hew it down with the heavy slashes of her ax at the base of its trunk.

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