[Runes of Argyl 01.0] The Runes of Argyl Trilogy by Jessica Savage

Author:Jessica Savage [Savage, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Goodreads: 29142496
Published: 2016-02-12T07:00:00+00:00

2.

As the night rolled into dawn, Courtney opened her eyes and looked out at the road passing by her. She had gotten on the last bus and they were now well inside Nevada. She stretched and yawned. The light was gray and pink in the distance and the desert hills looked gold. It seemed wild and untamed compared to her hometown but she didn’t care. She could have ended up anywhere; as long as she was away from Mark and he didn’t have a clue where she was, she’d be happy.

She opened a bottle of water and took a sip. Her throat was dry and scratchy with the stale, warm air. The bus was almost empty, but it still felt stifling. She sunk down in her seat and closed her eyes again.

Not long now, she thought. I’ll be there soon.

There was no way she ever could have gone to a city. There was one thing Courtney had learned in life and that was, no matter where you go, you always see someone you know. She would have loved to go and twirl it in Vegas. Even though she’d never been overly confident, she could imagine herself working in a club for curvaceous girls. Men always seemed drawn to her. She had a gentle way of seducing them with her big, blue doe eyes and her silky, hourglass figure. Her hair was big, bouncy and blonde and she had regularly been compared to classic beauties like Marilyn Monroe. It was one of her fantasies: Disappearing to a new city and unleashing her inner goddess and abusing men by taking their money while they gawked at her. But she knew it would never happen. She was far too classy for something like that, and even though she knew she had it in her to do it, she was never going to give in.

She had pretty much just opened a map on a random page and dropped her finger. It was a small slip of a town in the middle of the desert, but she was going to make it hers. When the bus finally pulled into the station and she climbed off not long after the sun had fully rose, she stretched it out again and looked up at the sky. No stars were present at that time of the day, but it was reassuring to know she was still under it. In the grand scheme of things, not that much had changed.

She slumped down on a bench and put her feet up for a moment. She hadn’t been able to get comfortable on the small bus seats, and she was desperate to relax. There was little chance of that, though. Trucks buzzed past her and she knew she had to get up off her ass and try to catch a ride. It was 8 AM, and the desert was alive. In the distance she could see the Greyhound making its way down the long black road. The heat was already rising from it and the world wiggled.

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