The Grayson Trilogy by Georgia Rose

Author:Georgia Rose [Rose, Georgia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Three Shires Publishing
Published: 2018-12-25T22:00:00+00:00

Distracted I hadn’t even noticed we’d crossed the road and were travelling along the edge of a field. I knew there were a few of these to go through. I drew alongside Reuben and Sophia, leaning down to look at them, shouting across, “Are you okay to carry on?” Both glanced over, grim-faced but firmly nodding.

I could hear the Jeep behind us. I didn’t bother looking back. What was the point? It was coming and there was nothing I could do about it. We were already doing all we could, and that was to keep running.

We were passing the forest of conifers, which looked eerie in the silvery moonlight, the ranks of firs creepy in a way the woods on the estate were not.

I knew the entrance to the beach was only round the corner now. The lights behind me wavered up and down, shadows appearing and disappearing with each movement as the Jeep bounced along the rutted track. I doubted the occupants had any idea where we were going but were just doggedly following their prey, expecting we would run out of energy before we got much further.

We fled down the slope and on to the beach. My hopes of finding safety here had been dashed and I had no plan B, no idea how to get us out of this. I’d imagined arriving at this point at a more leisurely pace, without this feeling of exhaustion spreading through my legs, my arms, my body. I’d imagined getting the family to safety, hiding out in the cave until the danger was over. But now, as I looked out to sea at the shimmering silver track of the moon as it crossed the water towards us, I realised I’d failed. All I’d done was lead us into a trap, and everyone’s effort – everyone’s sacrifice, as my thoughts returned to Carlton and Porter – had been for nothing.

The beach lit up as the headlights reached the top of the slope behind us. We were not far from the cliffs at the far end, and the lights dipped down as the Jeep travelled down the slope, then up again as it levelled out on the sand. A couple of shots were fired, and I couldn’t help thinking we were too far away for them to be accurate. But then Regan jolted under me, and I felt a stinging pain across my thigh. Swerving to one side, I zig-zagged Regan back and forth, snaking behind the children, hoping to make the target harder to hit. Then with some relief I realised we’d made it to the cliffs.

Monty baulked at the water, stopping short as it swirled menacing and black at his feet. Grace managed to stay on, her hands knotted in his mane, still clamped to the neck-strap. One look at her told me she’d had it. She’d had the hardest ride of any of us, and now her shoulders were hunched, her energy spent. Zodiac and Benjy plunged in, oblivious to the danger that Monty perceived.

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