Sparrow's Flight (Savage World, 1) by Jenika Snow

Author:Jenika Snow [Snow, Jenika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jenika Snow
Published: 2020-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Sparrow dragged herself out of the lake and immediately collapsed on the rocky shore. She gasped for air and blinked back the water that was steadily dripping down her face. Her hair stuck in clunks to her cheeks and forehead, and even though she knew she had to keep going, she was exhausted from running through the woods and swimming across the lake. Survival was grueling and painful, but it was worth it to stay alive. By some miracle, she still held the gun Blondie had given her.

Hauling herself off the ground, she stumbled forward once and caught herself before face-planting on the rocks beneath her. She looked over her shoulder, saw the fire still burning brightly across the water, and heard the gunshots as if she was still standing in the thick of it. Once she heard that first shot go off, she pulled away from her bonds and headed for the water. She contemplated heading into the woods, but Collin warned her there were men lying in wait. Whether that was true or not, she didn’t know, but she wasn’t stupid enough to find out. So, she dove into the frigid water.

She turned back around, held onto the butt of her gun even tighter due to her involuntarily shaking body, and made her way quickly through the trees. Her limbs felt still, her muscles aching from the exertion and the cold that seeped into her body, but she forced herself to keep going. It was dark, and no moonlight pierced through the thick branches overhead. Sparrow had no idea where she was going, or where she would end up, but anything was better than what was behind her.

Keeping straight, she had to right herself several times as her feet kept catching on branches and vines. Her heart was pounding fast, filling her ears, clogging her throat, and drowning out everything aside from the fact that she needed to keep running. A flash of white to her side caught her eye, and she turned to look, but before she could see anything, she fell over a fallen log. Head slamming against the hard, unforgiving ground, she groaned and immediately gripped her temple.

The throbbing pain was intense, and she tried to shake it off and stand again but stilled when she heard the low, gurgled groan coming from right behind her. Pulling up all of her strength, Sparrow crawled onto her hands and knees, and pulled herself into a standing position. The feel of warm wetness sliding down her temple didn’t distract her from the fact that an infected man was shuffling toward her. His shirt was grungy but white enough that she saw him in the thick darkness. He was missing an arm, and the sight of his radius and ulna protruding from what was left of the limb had bile rising in her throat.

He opened his mouth and made a low, hungry sound. His arm was swinging from side to side as he came closer, and she blinked away the dizziness from her fall, lifted the gun, and pointed it at his head.

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