The Secrets Ebook Bundle by Kelley Armstrong

Author:Kelley Armstrong
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV013060, JUV014000, JUV013050
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2015-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

BY THE TIME Sara and Peter had ridden their bikes back to Wolfratshausen, they were drenched. Sara’s hair hung in wet ringlets around her face, and her clothes clung to her body. Peter was just as soaked. Sara could tell that he was trying hard not to stare at her as they stashed their bikes in the shed and entered the back of the inn. Sara was carrying the basket of uneaten sandwiches that Frau Klein had prepared earlier that morning. In the confusion and disappointment of the day, there had been no opportunity to stop and eat. Besides, their outing had been much shorter than Sara had anticipated. She wasn’t at all hungry. However, she assumed she would face a lot of questions from Frau Klein, who would not be happy that they had failed to eat her snack. Surprisingly, all was quiet when they entered the inn.

“That’s funny,” Peter began, almost reading Sara’s thoughts.

“I know,” Sara replied. “Where’s Frau Klein? And where’s John Wayne?” At least the dog should have been there to greet them.

“Maybe she’s gone out to meet someone.” Peter glanced out the window. The rain was still coming down in sheets. “But with this weather, I don’t know why she would have left.” He was trying not to appear worried, but Sara could see it on his face. Puddles were forming at their feet.

“We have to dry off,” she said, trying to avoid his look.

Rummaging around in a cupboard, Sara managed to find a couple of old towels, which she handed to Peter. Then she ran up to her room to change out of her wet clothing. She didn’t want to think about the possibility of anything having happened to Frau Klein. Even though she had just met the elderly woman, Sara already felt an emotional connection to her that was stronger than she had felt for any grown-up, except maybe Mrs. Hazelton, and even that was different. Mrs. Hazelton was proper and formal. Frau Klein was soft-hearted and sentimental—like everyone’s substitute grandmother, Peter had said. The tender feeling was new for Sara, but she liked it.

She pulled on a dry sweater and pants and quickly towel-dried her hair. Outside her window, the robins’ heads were jutting up into the sky, searching for food. But when Sara looked closer, she realized there were only three babies there and not the four she had seen the previous day. The mother robin was perched in a tree nearby and was cheeping loudly, calling out to her babies to join her. They must be ready to fly off, Sara realized. One must have already left the nest. Soon they would all be gone, just as it was meant to be.

Sara left her room and began to walk down the stairs. The lights were out in the sitting room, and the curtains drawn. That too was odd. When Sara had passed this room earlier in the morning, the curtains had been wide-open, and the sun was streaming in. She wondered why Frau Klein had darkened the room like this.

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