The Devil's Whisper by T.H. Moore

Author:T.H. Moore [Moore, T.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780977951918
Publisher: In Third Person
Published: 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00

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With only one half-full, twenty-ounce bottle of water, they walked through the night and into the next morning, taking very few breaks. They were energized by their freedom and anxious to place as much distance between them and the slain officer as possible.

As the sun rose in the sky, Charles removed his prison shirt and used it to create shade over his head. Elaina tied her hair into a thick bun. She was lagging and unable to maintain Charles’s brisk pace. He looked back at her and sighed. She spent a lot of energy in killing Hamilton.

“Twenty minutes of rest, and then we start again” he offered.

He took advantage of their respite to survey the landscape and examine the position of the sun. Bent down on one knee, Charles drew a crude map of the continent in the ground with his finger, placing an “X” in the middle. Then he placed another “X” at the northwest corner. With his index and middle finger, in even strides, he walked his two fingers from the first marking to the second.

Elaina came over to inspect what he was doing, and collapsed into the sand. She was sweating profusely.

“I don’t mean to tell you how to live your life,” he said. “But if you wrap your head with your shirt, it’ll help keep your body temperature down.”

“I’m fine with my shirt on,” she snapped as she got up on her knees to view the map.

Charles shrugged and continued to perform his improvised mapping.

“If you’re so concerned, maybe we should be searching for food and water,” she argued. “From the looks of your map, this port city called Darwin has to be hundreds of miles away—”

“A thousand miles.”

Her weary face fell.

“Give or take,” Charles added.

“We’re going to die out here!” she said, her voice thick with panic.

“We’re not going to die,” he said with unnatural calm. “We’ve put a good distance between us and K-City and like the warden boasted, they’re not going to come looking for us. We keep moving, find water, food, and maybe some shelter. Come on. Let’s go.” He didn’t wait for her to respond but started walking.

“You can’t be serious!” she screamed. “We just sat down!”

He didn’t answer. With every stride, he moved farther away from her. She yelled, but he kept on. After another few seconds, she launched herself up off the ground and ran after him.

When he heard the pounding of her boots, Charles looked back over his shoulder. She eventually closed the gap between them, but now she was out of breath, coated in a new layer of sweat, and her skin was ashen.

He stopped in his tracks, turned, and shoved a finger in her face. “Don’t ever run like that again unless you actually want to die,” he declared. “If I’m in sight, you’re still fine. A few seconds of running, and look at how much you’re sweating. That’s water you can’t afford to lose.”

“Okay, but let’s get one thing straight,” she said in the sternest voice she could gather.

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