The Wilds: The Wilds Book One by Donna Augustine

Author:Donna Augustine [Augustine, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strong Hold Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-08-29T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Bookie was the first person to see me in my new getup when I came down the stairs. He looked me over in the non-creepiest of ways before announcing his verdict: “Cool outfit.”

“Thanks.” He was probably being nice, but my hands ran over my new clothes anyway. These fit, almost like someone had altered them especially for me, and when I’d looked in the mirror, I looked a little like Lucy now. I had a sleeveless shirt and leather patches on my pants. I’d pulled my hair back so the red coloring wasn’t quite so obvious. I might even blend, like I was a Wilds native.

Bookie leaned on the balustrade with a book under his free arm. “Dax is out front, waiting. Said you’d be back for dinner.”

“Another buffet?” What would there be to eat tonight? Dinners were even better food then breakfast, and I was finding that the highlight of my day was mealtime.

“No, that’s only in the mornings and special stuff, like Dax coming home. Everyone does their own thing at night. It’ll just be us, you know, the people who live in the main house.”

I had no idea who actually lived in the main house but I nodded anyway. “Okay, I’ll see you later,” I said, heading out to the front door, knowing without anyone having to tell me that Dax wasn’t going to be big on waiting.

Dax was sitting on his bike just where I expected him. He looked me over as well but wasn’t as forthcoming with an opinion like Bookie. I’d heard that men were supposed to compliment a woman when they wanted to sleep with them. Even the guards at the compound had told the girls they were sleeping with how pretty they were.

Dax must have thought I was somewhat attractive if he wanted to sleep with me. Then again, it wasn't like I was going to tell him he was pretty again, not while I was sober. Maybe we wouldn’t have that kind of relationship. On the other hand, he had said I was “tougher than he’d expected.” Maybe that was the “you’re so pretty” in the Wilds?

“Get on,” he said, jarring me from my musings.

“So where are we off to?” I asked as I climbed on the back of the bike, much more aware than ever before of where my hands touched him, wondering if maybe we would do it tonight?

“A traveler’s hole.”

“What’s that?”

“People who do business with the different countries go up and down certain routes. There’s one that runs from Myers all the way up to Newco and it has stopovers every so often.”

“Have you ever been to Myers?” I asked. Once upon a time, the country of Myers had been the state of Florida, back when the world had been full of people and promise.

“I’ve been to all of them,” he said, leaving me wondering if it had been in his search for Plaguers.

I’d hoped he hadn’t had to look that hard. It added another preoccupation to

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