Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus

Author:Anastasia Hopcus [Hopcus, Anastasia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-60684-236-2
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Published: 2010-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

On the weekend, the buses ran into town every two hours, presumably so that the students would have a chance to spend some time off campus. I checked my cell; I had twenty minutes before the next bus left. I managed to make it home, grab my purse, sign out at Ms. Moore’s door, and run over to the Admin Building just in time to catch it.

During the ride over, I tried to organize my thoughts, but by the time I got off at the square, I had so many questions and frustrations bubbling up inside of me that I felt like a shook-up soda bottle. I marched up the block to Sarah’s Boutique, pulling the door open with a force that threatened to knock the bell off its perch.

Sarah, behind the counter as usual, glanced up, startled by my entrance. I was struck again by the realization of how much older she looked than any of the people in this town. She was dried and gnarled, with wrinkles upon wrinkles, and her hair was perfectly white. Was she not a native of Shadow Hills? Had her ancestors not been among the survivors of the epidemic? Or was she an anomaly, a BV who had managed to outlive all the others?

“How can I help you, dear?” she asked. Either Sarah didn’t sense the anger rising off my body like steam, or she was pretending not to notice.

“You could start by telling me the truth. Like who is Rebekah Sampson? Why did you tell me that she gave you that book? Why am I having these dreams—these visions?” I spit out my questions rapid fire, not really caring if she could keep up.

“I told you the truth. I gave you Rebekah’s book to help you on your path.”

I snorted. “You gave me a book I couldn’t read! It’s not even written in a foreign language. It’s written in code!”

“I cannot read it. But you will be able to understand it,” she replied. “When the time is right.”

I rolled my eyes. “Okay, Yoda. You could have at least told me. I lugged that stupid thing over to the Greek teacher, thinking it was something she could translate.”

Sarah just nodded.

“Do you understand what’s going on?” I asked her, irritated. “I keep having these dreams, and I don’t know why. I don’t know what they mean. I’ve dreamed of Rebekah’s grave. Only sometimes it’s my grave. Sometimes my sister is there, and I feel like I need to do something for her. And then this other woman appears. And she looks a lot like my sister, only she isn’t.”

Sarah continued to nod, as if what I was saying made some kind of sense. She smiled a little tremulously, and I would have sworn that there was the glimmer of tears in her eyes. “That is Rebekah. She comes to help you.”

“I wish she’d be a little clearer about it.” My voice was sharp with bitterness.

“It is hard for us to understand their ways. But you must trust.

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