[Beyond Earth 01] • Without Hesitation by Jager Talia

Author:Jager, Talia [Jager, Talia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 35453067
Published: 2017-06-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Akacia

The venom was killing Everleigh, That much I knew. I didn’t know how to stop its effects and or how long she’d live.

Something chattered behind me. I turned and found Nero following. Kneeling down, I said, “You want to come? I need to find something to help Ever.” I wiped the tears off my cheeks with the back of my hand. “I have to help her.”

Nero jumped on my shoulder and I continued through the forest, trying to find anything I could use. It wasn’t just an infection. This was venom from some freaky beast. How was I going to cure that?

I combed through plants, trying to find something that might work.

A bolt of lightning struck nearby. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” I mumbled.

That was all that I needed. I shrunk down next to a tree while the storm boomed around me. I watched the way it was going, worried about Everleigh, and was relieved that it wasn’t headed toward her. When it was done, Nero hopped off my shoulder and ran ahead. “Hey! Nero! Come back!” I chased after him.

Suddenly I found myself surrounded by wet, glowing fungus-like organism. Nero ran around in a circle and then back to me.

“Are you trying to tell me that this will help her?” I asked him like he was going to answer me which was ridiculous. But it was even more ridiculous that he chittered like he actually was answering me. I nodded, rubbed his head, and began collecting the glowing stuff.

Snarling sounds brought my hands to a stop. I looked up and through the trees. Four beasts chased a large four-legged animal through the woods. I considered my options. I could stay where I was and hope they wouldn’t find me. I could run and hope they wouldn’t notice. But if they did, I’d lead them back to Ever and she couldn’t fight back. I looked up. I could climb. Get in the tree and wait for them to go.

That was what I had to do.

Quietly, I climbed up high enough to be hidden. Nero sat with me and we waited. The beasts attacked the animal with a vengeance. My stomach clenched at the sight and I looked away. We waited there for too long while they ate. Maybe I should have run? What if she died while I was up in this freaking tree?

Tears slid my face and I clamped my mouth shut so the beasts wouldn’t hear me. Nero buried himself in my chest like he knew what I was thinking.

Finally the beasts finished. My breath hitched when it looked like they were going to head toward Ever, but something caught their attention and they took off the other way.

I climbed out of the tree, finished collecting the glowing fungus, and raced through the forest back to camp. My heart thudded in my chest the closer I got and almost stopped when I saw her. Ever’s color was grayish and she didn’t look like she was breathing.

No.

I rushed to her and fell to the ground.

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