Song of Sparrows and Sorrow by Liliana Hart

Author:Liliana Hart [Hart, Liliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Joe had been right. The dogs were a much faster mode of transportation for covering such a large expanse of land. They were also smart and trained well enough to ignore their inexperienced riders. They’d unloaded all of their supplies, except for the guns, into the cargo basket.

It was an eight-dog team, and the moment Eden stepped onto the sled and held on to the driving bar she saw the problem. But it was too late to voice a protest when Nate stepped up behind her, his large body surrounding hers as his hands gripped the handlebars.

The claustrophobia took her completely by surprise. She’d never suffered from it before, but she’d also never been all but swallowed whole by a man like Nate. Her skin turned hot and clammy beneath the layers of her clothes and black spots wavered in front of her eyes.

“Just take a deep breath,” he said, his voice soft enough that Joe and Ahnah couldn’t hear as they watched to wave them off. “My hands will stay right here.” He flexed them around the bar deliberately. “You’re in control of the team.”

She did as he said and took in a deep breath, the cold stinging her lungs and then coming out in white puffs. Her head cleared and she got control of herself. “I’m fine. I’m ready.”

She followed the instructions Joe had given her for starting up the team and they took off like a shot across the snow, pointed in the direction of what Joe called the End of the World.

“Oh, man. My daughter would love this,” Nate said into her ear. “I’m going to have to take her to do this on our next vacation.”

Eden realized she had a big grin on her face as the snow slushed up around them, the speed of the dogs exhilarating. The sun seemed twice as bright as normal against the white of the landscape, and not even the protective shades she wore could cut the glare completely.

“You do a lot of stuff like this with her?” she asked, settling into the rhythm of the moving sled, adjusting her weight as needed.

“We don’t get a lot of time together, so I always make sure we do something memorable. She’s a bit of a daredevil and she likes adventures, so it’s not always easy finding something that’s not completely crazy and still safe for a sixteen-year-old.”

“She sounds a lot like you.”

“Yeah. It drives her mother crazy.”

Eden heard the smile in his voice and turned her head to look up at him, returning the smile. But it faded as she saw how close his face was to her own. She felt the warmth of his breath against her lips. but didn’t dare give in to the temptation to glance down and look at them. Instead, her gaze was caught in his dark stare.

It was one of those moments where time seemed to stop as the world continued to rush by around them. She somehow found the strength to turn

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