Trapped (Here Trilogy) by James Ella

Author:James, Ella [James, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: Barkley's Books
Published: 2014-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

“OH MY GOD.”

Traffic was backed up at least a mile, but I could see the lights: hundreds of red, blue, white lights, flashing at the end of the line. What had to be every state trooper in Wyoming, and I knew what they were doing. Looking for kidnapped me.

It didn’t take a long time for us to notice the black SUVs sprinkled among the cop cruisers.

Nick and Vera were having a heated conversation, but I was a prisoner of my racing thoughts, playing out scenarios in which I made a U-turn and we outran the police—or, worse, we didn't.

This many cops meant the line moved fast—faster than I would have liked. We inched forward, never actually stopping, as some cars were waved through and others waved onto the snowy shoulder—the drivers and passengers roughly pulled from their cars and searched.

“What do we do?” I cried.

Nick leaned on the dash, staring ahead. “They have technology I've never seen,” he said, sounding almost breathless.

“Whoop whoop,” Vera muttered, but Nick's eyebrows shot up. “They're using some kind of molecular detection device I haven’t—”

“Seen before,” Vera finished for him, unimpressed. “I assume you mean method, which I suppose is somewhat—”

“WHAT DO I DO?!” I grabbed Nick's arm, and his eyes blinked wide with surprise before he grabbed my hand. “Do what you're doing, Milo.”

“But how are we—”

Nick turned to Vera. “Could you get us moving,” he snapped, clearly frustrated.

She narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms. “If you're being generous with the term 'molecular detection',” she told Nick. She turned to me. “Generous or not, this is a point for your team, Milo,” she said, making a check-mark in the air. Her face was stuck in its typical disdainful expression, so I couldn't tell if she was serious or sarcastic.

“I'll create disturbances elsewhere to throw them off,” Nick told Vera. “You get us moving.”

We were maybe a dozen cars behind the barricade, and I watched a dark figure walk down the road, toward us, holding out a long, black wand.

“Um, Nick...”

“Get us moving,” he ordered Vera.

She tilted her head. “Or what, lover boy?”

“You don't want to try me right now.”

“I might.” She smiled, but she had already started her strange magic; I could see the shadow-bubble forming around our car, breaking us off into what Nick had called another universe—but the phenomenon didn't captivate me.

Nick did. I didn’t know how we were going to rescue mom, or clear my name, but I was sure we would. Just as I was sure that, when we did, he would leave.

He returned my stare for a moment before squeezing my shoulder. “Press the pedal, Milo.”

With one last look at Vera, he sank into his seat, tipping his head back against the head rest. He shut his eyes, and I felt so sickly nervous over whatever he was about to do that I couldn't get my feet to move.

Eyes still shut, Nick closed his hand around mine. “We’re about to get through this. You believe me, right?”

I nodded, then, realizing he couldn’t see me, said, “Yes.

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