The Reckless Rescue by Adrienne Kress

Author:Adrienne Kress
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2018-04-24T00:00:00+00:00

No snack could have willed Evie to sleep that night. There was really nothing except maybe some kind of a sleeping pill that would have done it. Her adrenaline was surging fast, and she lay awake all night, staring up at the ceiling, waiting for the dawn. She listened as the waves crashed against the shore, as a car rumbled loudly past, and as the birds started to wake up and sing.* Eventually she sensed the light, and not knowing what else to do and feeling antsy just lying there still, she got dressed quickly and ran downstairs and outside, carefully avoiding even looking in the direction of the basement door.

She stood on the front veranda and stared in front of her. Sunrise over the sea. A fine line of light blue rising and turning whiter and whiter, until the sun popped up its head and yawned, spreading brilliant orange across the horizon. Maybe not sleeping had its perks. She sat down on a step and kept watching. The air was cool, but she could sense it warming up fast. It was going to be another hot day. Perfect for swimming. If only she was allowed to be a tourist and not a girl on a rescue mission. If only also there wasn’t Steve out there in the dark depths…

Steve.

Evie leaned forward for a moment, placing her elbows on her knees and resting her chin in her hands.

Steve.

Steve the great white shark.

Stalking the sea.

She stood up in a rush of energy and looked back toward the door of the inn. It was still so early, and yet…yet surely this was exactly the kind of thing Catherine wanted to hear about. Surely this was the kind of thing you woke up the animal expert of the former Filipendulous Five for.

Evie turned back and looked at the sea once more. There, so much closer than she’d expected, right in the middle of the cove itself, was a dark fin silhouetted against the sunrise. It glided along the surface and then disappeared for a moment.

A sign. It had to be.

Evie swung open the door to the inn and ran upstairs. She skidded to a stop in front of Catherine’s room and banged on her door hard. Harder, really, than she had anticipated, but clearly she was not entirely in control of her body right now.

She stood impatiently waiting and placed an ear to the door to see if she could hear any rustling, any movement at all.

And then she fell into Catherine’s room.

“What the…?” said the sleepy explorer as Evie staggered upright. Catherine had opened the door so quickly that Evie hadn’t had a chance to correct her balance, and now she was blinking a few times from the shock.

“Hey, Catherine,” said Evie, then stopped. She found herself suddenly unsure what to say next.

“What’s going on? Are you okay?” Catherine looked deeply concerned, and Evie immediately felt guilty for waking her so abruptly.

“Oh, I’m fine, I’m fine. I, uh, watched the sunrise!”

“Great,” said Catherine, sitting down on her bed.

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