Wildwood by Colin Meloy

Author:Colin Meloy
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins US

When she came to, Prue was moving. A kaleidoscope of sunlight and tree leaves wheeled above her. She was lying down and yet, strangely, hovering over the ground, traveling horizontally at a fairly fast speed. She lifted her head slightly and saw how this was possible: She’d been laid in a makeshift stretcher—two tree boughs with some ropes threaded between—and was being carried through the woods by the strange people she’d just encountered.

“The General!” she shouted, pushing herself up by her elbows. “The eagle! Where is he?”

The woman’s voice came from behind her. “He didn’t make it.”

Prue tried to crane her body around to see the woman who’d spoken. “He’s . . . dead?” she asked falteringly. The woman nodded, and Prue’s stomach plummeted. A jolt of pain shot up her neck from her chest, and she fell back against the twine beneath her. She grabbed at her ribs. “Ouch!” she cried.

“Looks like you took a pretty bad fall,” said the woman, her breath heaving fast as she and the other stretcher-bearer ran through the woods at a near sprint.

The man at the front of the stretcher yelled over his shoulder. “Don’t move. We have to get you to safety. Never seen a coyote marksman that far from the warren. There may be others.”

Prue looked to one side and saw that the stretcher was accompanied by the rest of the people who had found her. They ran nimbly through the undergrowth, barely disturbing the bushes and bracken as they went.

“Who—who are you?” Prue asked. Her mouth was dry; it was difficult to speak.

“Bandits, kid,” responded one of the runners. “Wildwood bandits. You’re lucky we found you.”

“Oh,” said Prue. The world swam above her and a fog suddenly overtook her vision and she lost consciousness again.

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