The Murder Complex (ARC) by Lindsay Cummings

Author:Lindsay Cummings
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

UNCORRECTED E-PROOF—NOT FOR SALE

HarperCollins Publishers

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CHAPTER 44

ZEPHYR

Even with the storm, it’s too quiet.

I find a houseboat that looks like the one Meadow described, and climb aboard.

I walk with light footsteps across the deck, whispering her name, like some creepy ChumHead. The boat rocks, angry, as the waves begin to rise with the wind, and soon it’s hard to keep my balance.

I stumble for the small cabin and cup my hands on the rain-spattered windows. Worn curtains cover the glass, but as the boat thrashes, the fabric sways, and I get a glimpse inside.

Lamps litter an old wooden table, flames flickering eerily. Two chairs are knocked sideways on the floor. And there are three mattresses in the far corner, empty, except for their twisted blankets.

Skitz. Meadow isn’t here. No one is.

A wave hits the boat, and the curtains sway closed. The boat drops back, and the curtains move again.

Two gray eyes stare at me from inside the cabin.

I stumble backward across the deck and nearly fall over the railing. But cold fingers close around my wrist. “Meadow,” I gasp.

Except it isn’t Meadow.

I get one glimpse of a young man, his entire body covered with scars, like he’s been shoved into a dull wood chipper. I open my mouth to ask him where she is.

He swings an oar at my head.

The world goes black.

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