(eng) Pauline Creeden - Wonderland Guardian Academy 01 by Red the Wolf Tracker

Author:Red the Wolf Tracker [Tracker, Red the Wolf]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

PETER

Red needs me, and I can’t say no to her.

I grab my hoodie and head towards the door but think better of it. I can hear everyone else mingling downstairs. I shake my head. I don’t want to deal with anyone right now. I peer out the window and see a tree that reaches out toward the attic window. Perfect. I hop out the window and shimmy down the tree. After I reach the bottom, I take off at a jog towards the lake, making sure to check if anyone follows me.

I make it to the lake just before Red. She sprints towards the lake as if she doesn’t see me. I pick up my pace, dash forward, and grab her before she runs right into the lake. “Red! What’s wrong? You almost ran into the lake!”

I hold her and find tear tracks down her face. Her eyes are swollen and wet.

“Red, did Grandma pass?” My chest tightens.

She shakes her head “No, not yet. But she has to go to the hospital to spend her last days there. Doc said it is just a matter of days now. What am I going to do? She can’t leave me. I know nothing. She is too important to everyone—I’m nothing.” She is clinging to me as she sobs.

I lead her over to a bench, thankful there aren’t many people out wandering around. “I’m so sorry, Red.” I hold her and stroke her hair while she cries.

The March breeze blows through the trees overhead. In the distance, some kids are flying kites. Grandma was the one who taught me and Red how to fly kites. They had taken me in and treated me like family—even though I didn’t even know who my father was, and when my mom wasn’t working, she was drinking. And now half of the only family I’d ever really known would be gone. And I’d become something that Red shouldn’t even be around. My heart aches in my chest, and tears sting the backs of my eyes.

Eventually Red calms and pulls away. I wipe the tears from her face and leave my hand on her cheek. “I’m sorry. I should have been there for you, but I was trying to protect you both by staying away.”

She glares at me. “I read that in your letter. Why didn’t you just tell me? We could have figured something out together.”

I just stare at her and swallow.

She grabs my sweatshirt in her fists like she won’t ever let me go. “You need to come see Grandma. She would want to say goodbye to you.”

I peel her hands off my sweatshirt and hold them in mine. “Red, I shouldn’t. I don’t want them to use me to get to you both. I think Viktor turned me because he knew I was connected to you and Grandma. They are planning something—I just don’t know what … or when. I’m trying to figure it out, so I can stop it. That is part of why I moved in with them, that, and to protect you… and Grandma.

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