Ambush by Skye Obert

Author:Skye, Obert [Skye, Obert]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-01-11T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Any Time at All

Let me say that I truly wish I had learned my lesson while being suspended. It would have been nice if I had spent my days in misery and remorse wishing that I were back at school—but that wasn’t the case at all. My days away from Callowbrow were going great. I spent all my time traveling up and down to the glass cavern. I was getting a pretty good supply of water and food ready for the day when the dragon hatched. I was even stockpiling containers of gas for the generator near the elevator. And one day I brought a wooden post down and installed it in the middle of the cavern. The Grim Knot had taught me long ago that dragons need some sort of post or pin to feel emotionally tethered to.

Kate still came over every afternoon. She still had some interest in the elevator, but her main concern was that I would be ready for prom. I guess she knew that sometimes I was a little loose with details and planning. I wanted to point out to her how well I was doing in my preparation for the dragon, but I knew that example would just complicate things.

On the second Friday of my life in exile Kate didn’t come over because she had to complete some chores for her parents before the weekend. So I spent the evening assisting Millie in the kitchen and trying to be helpful around the manor. It felt good to be helpful, but it felt even better to go to sleep that night knowing that tomorrow was Saturday and the weather forecast was for warm and sunny. Nice days occurred so infrequently in the Hagen Valley that it was a big deal when they did. Millie had already promised me that I would be allowed to spend the day anywhere outside if it was sunny.

“It’ll be good for you to spend some time outside of the manor” were her actual words.

I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I had been sneaking out to gather hay and food for two weeks now. So I went to bed thinking the next time I was awake it would be sunny and warm.

At 2:15 in the morning, someone knocked on my bedroom door and it wasn’t sunny or warm. I woke up and tried to figure out what was happening.

“Beck,” Wane said through the door. “Beck, it’s me.”

“Come in,” I mumbled.

Wane came in and flipped on the light. I blinked at the brightness and let my eyes adjust on Wane. She was wearing a sweatshirt and pants, and her hair looked like it could use a little care.

“What’s going on?”

“Your dad,” Wane said. “He wants to see you.”

“But . . .”

“We tried buts,” Wane said. “He won’t wait until tomorrow. He wants to see you now.”

It wasn’t unusual for my dad to ask to see me at odd hours of the day and night, but unlike before when

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