Wake the Hollow by Gaby Triana

Author:Gaby Triana
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Kendare Blake;Rosamund Hodge;Danielle Paige;Malinda Lo;Sleepy Hollow;horror;teen romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“…what chance was there of escaping ghost or goblin, if such it was, which could ride upon the wings of the wind?”

I rush down University Avenue. I’ve never seen anyone’s head explode before, but I imagine it might resemble something like the conversation I just had with Dane. What did I gain from telling him about the very documents my mother dodged danger trying to protect? Information about where the journal was last seen, for one. Confirmation that my mother was the last to see it, which puts me in direct danger, for two.

Mami slipped in the bathtub? Accident? I think not. My mother might have had some help slipping. But what if Dane is just as interested in finding the journal as the Derants and Engers are? What if he has his own agenda of fame and glory? The journal is still out there somewhere and could be worth a lot of money.

I sprint through all my shortcuts, hurrying.

At the apartment building, I fly up the steps to the second floor. When I reach the apartment, out of breath, I turn my key in the keyhole and pause. Someone left the screened window open. Shit. “Coco?” I call, waiting for her to come running like she usually does.

A quick scan of the apartment tells me that nobody is home. Quickly, I search the entire apartment, anywhere Coco might hide—in the living room, both beds, the couch, under the bed. I even check the kitty litter in the kitchen, then realize she probably… I fly to the open window and tug on the screen frame. Loose in the lower right-hand corner. “Damn it.” I throw down my purse and run outside. “Coco!” The outer veranda is empty.

Coco will have to wait until I handle my original purpose first. I dart into the apartment again, then the bedroom, and shove my hand underneath Bram’s mattress—the envelope is still there. Thank God! And its contents? I flip the envelope open and riffle through it, looking for the most important pieces. All there. On Bram’s bed, I rock back and forth, hugging the envelope.

I have to move these items out of here, take it all back to the townhouse. I doubt Nina is coming back anyway—it’s been four days. But for now, because I need to go find Coco, I’ll keep it somewhere safer than the mattress, long enough to search for Coco. “Damn it, cat.” I run into the walk-in closet, reach behind a pile of sweaters on a shelf, and place the envelope way behind them.

But then, imagining the worst will happen while I’m gone, I quickly pull the envelope back out and take it with me, stuffing it in my purse, locking the front window tightly and leaving the apartment. I search the parking lot, the surrounding woods, and dumpster. Maybe she tried making her way back to my old house. I once read about a cat who walked ninety miles home after accidentally crawling into a neighbor’s moving box.

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