Aluminum Leaves by Marion Deeds

Author:Marion Deeds [Deeds, Marion]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Falstaff Books
Published: 2019-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

The messenger bag thumped against her thigh, as if nothing had changed since she’d fled her burning house. Fool. Stupid, stupid fool.

Trevian shouted something behind her. She didn’t spare a glance. He shouted again and then fell silent. She didn’t dare look to see if he were chasing her, or something else was.

She had trusted him so easily, let him lead her right into Vianovelle’s hands. Why hadn’t she seen it?

Her breath gusted in her ears as she climbed, skirting a hole in the trail, dodging a boulder. She settled into a lope. The ground was rough, and she had to watch her footing.

Behind her, a hiss, a crackling sound she knew too well. One of the hounds, maybe both. The track climbed, and beyond a row of rough gray boulders, she could see trees. She could only hope to make it there, to some cover, and hope they didn’t burn the grove down to find her.

The trail leveled out a bit, and she lowered her head and lengthened her stride, pulling with her arms, running with all the speed she could gather. On her left, the ground dropped away, and she veered right. Her heart pounded and black spots flickered in her vision, but she kept on.

Her head collided with a wall. She crashed into it, staggering. Her world blossomed into pain. She tried to straighten up, but her legs went limp. She fell. She heard herself groaning, heard the crackle of the hounds, and pushed herself up with her hands. The earth fell away beneath them. Overbalanced, she fell out into empty air. She struck ground once, the breath punched out of her, then spun through air again, clinging to the strap of the bag. She struck again, hard on her right hip, rolled, falling over rocks, and then was sliding, sliding, with no end in sight.

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