Unturned- The Complete Series by Rob Cornell

Author:Rob Cornell [Cornell, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paradox Publications
Published: 2019-05-27T06:00:00+00:00

“I feel like we should just let them tear each other apart,” I said.

I had gotten used to the paint smell, but I could still feel it making me sick to my stomach. The pieces of the ugly puzzle Mom and I were putting together didn’t help.

“Except I doubt it will be that easy,” Mom said.

“Nothing ever is.”

I wandered to the window. It was situated up high, the bottom edge even with my chest. Staring out, the sunlight, washed out by the gray sky, hurt my eyes as if I were a vampire. I had to wonder if the vamp blood inside of me could create weird traits like that even though it couldn’t fully turn me with my magic holding it at bay.

I decided to believe the light hurt because my eyes were tired.

I squinted, which helped a little.

The window faced a court yard behind the apartment complex. Plastic playground equipment formed a cluster in the center, the grass around it worn away from heavy use. No kids played on it now. The spritz of water on the window explained why. At some point since we’d entered the apartment, it had started raining.

“The fact remains, Glass must have had something of value here. Something Able did not want us to find.” I turned away from the window to see the mess I’d made of the paint with my coat. I couldn’t make out anything underneath. And what had I expected to find. Hieroglyphs? A secret map?

I felt like I was trying to get a grip on a mirage. My hands just kept swiping through it.

“Maybe we should go,” I said. “I don’t think we’re going to find anything here.”

Mom didn’t answer.

She wasn’t in the room with me anymore.

I’d been so locked up in my thoughts, I hadn’t noticed her leave.

“Mom?”

I went out into the hall. Didn’t see her. I checked the bathroom, but the door was wide open. She wasn’t in there.

“Mom?”

My nerves jittered. Why wasn’t she answering?

I found her in the kitchen. The refrigerator door hung wide open, and Mom stood in front of it, holding something in her hands. Looked like a small book. She had it open and stared into it, transfixed. She was shivering, but I knew it wasn’t because of the cold fridge.

“Mom?” I said softly. “What is it?”

Slowly she lifted her gaze from the book and onto me. “He hid it in the ice maker,” she said. “I don’t know what possessed me to look in there. It was like I suddenly knew I would find something.”

I didn’t like the tight, hoarse sound to her voice. I got the sense she wasn’t breathing right. I crossed over to her and tried to pull the book from her grasp, but she clung so tightly to it, the tips of her fingers turned white. I let go and tried to see what I could from where I stood.

Looked like a leather-bound journal with a black cover. Over the top edge, I could glimpse what looked like a drawing.

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