Thing With Feathers (9781616634704) by Sweazy-kulju Anne

Author:Sweazy-kulju, Anne [Sweazy-Kulju, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Historical, FICTION / Sagas
ISBN: 9781616634704
Publisher: Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc
Published: 2012-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

The heat woke him, very hot weather and extremely hot fire. He realized that he was nauseous and his head was aching something frightful. When he tried to move, pain radiated through his torso. He was on fire. He looked down. No, he was not on fire, but he was in dire trouble just the same.

“El? El, can you hear me? El?”

There was no answer. Sean tried to push the heavy tree off his chest. He came to the cloudy realization that he was only alive because he’d been ten feet farther out from the falling timber than Elrod had been. Sean had been caught and slapped down by the very tip of the burned snag.

Oh my God! Elrod!

Now adrenaline was pumping through Sean, and he pushed mightily at the dead tree, pushing the excruciating pain it was causing him to the back of his mind at the same time. He wiggled and rolled beneath the weight until he was finally free. He tried to stand, but his legs wouldn’t hold him. Something was wrong with his back. He had a hard time taking breaths as well, and he knew that a couple of ribs must be busted. He tried to pay them no attention. He crawled down the length of the tree a few more feet and found his friend. Sean had no idea how long he had blacked out for, but his friend had been dead a while. There was nothing Sean could do for Elrod Tjaden.

Sean howled up to the treetops, “No!”

He’d tried to roll the tree off Elrod, but with all his serious injuries, he lacked the strength. The camp was too far for him to crawl, and the fire was raging too close. It was doubling back, the heat preceding it, which was why Sean came to when he did. He worked his way to the creek bed and rolled his beaten body down into it, spent. It might just be deep enough for the fire to pass over without incinerating him. It was the only hope Sean had of surviving. He used his arms to sweep the immediate vicinity of anything flammable and then pushed his face toward the creek’s floor, coming face to face with a scorched chipmunk. He shoved it away and instantly succumbed to the inky blackness that had been creeping in from the edges of his consciousness.

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