Twisted (#1 Deathwind Trilogy) by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult adventure, weather, natural disasters, teen science fiction, young adult series, teen fantasy books, teen adventure books
Publisher: Holly Hook

Chapter Sixteen

My guts shrivel inside me and I cough.

“Destroy Evansburg?” Dorian explodes. “Me? Allie? Why us?”

The door opens so fast that the lock snaps. The lead volunteer walks in. Two other men come in behind him. Betsy storms her way in too, but they block her way, leaving her squeezed up against the door frame. Even her voice won’t get her through now.

I’m frozen, a character caught in a bad horror B-movie. The three men stop, blocking the one way out of the kitchen. Even if I could move, there’s nowhere to run.

Dorian looks at me. So does Tommy. Their faces are wide with horror.

“Allie, Dorian,” the head volunteer says. “We want you to know that we didn’t come to this decision lightly. We hate to burden the two of you with this.”

“Then why don’t you take it back, Jeff?” Betsy hollers from the back. “Let any of us go in their places. My nephew is not going to have this hovering over him for the rest of his life.”

Jeff turns away from her. “Nobody can go in their places. We went over this. It’s the only way.” He turns back to Dorian and me. “I’m sorry.”

“Look, man,” Dorian says. “I’m not doing anything to Evansburg. You can forget it. And by the way, what a great thing to do for our neighbors. What are you thinking?”

Jeff shakes his head. “Destroying the entire town is the only thing that will keep our human neighbors away from here long enough for Madeline to call the Deathwind back. We considered everything else before this, and I mean everything. Nothing else will keep them safe from being turned. And don’t worry. We’ll make sure that no one’s hurt or killed. The other Outbreakers are making plans to lure our neighbors out of town for tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow?” I jump back to hit a cabinet.

“Tomorrow is Thursday,” Jeff says. “There’s a chance of storms. If you’re here, Allie, you’ll attract one so that it comes right over Evansburg. That’s why we need you. No one else can guarantee that a storm will roll in when we need it.”

I’m about to throw up. I gag and make a show of it. Tommy pulls me close to him. The floor tilts.

Destroy Evansburg.

I can’t.

I won’t.

“I’m not doing it,” I say.

“Leave her alone!” Dorian shouts. “Find someone else. The Curts might be more than happy. They’re into that stuff.”

Jeff clears his throat. “We need a tornado that’s capable of leveling the whole town. It’s rare for an Outbreaker to have that amount of power. Most of us just become weak or average tornadoes when we have Outbreaks. So do you and Allie.” Jeff steps a little closer. “Unless the two of you have Outbreaks at the same time and merge. We’ve never heard of anything like it. That’s why it must be you two.”

An invisible fist slams into my stomach. I gasp and look up.

“We…all we did was destroy one barn,” I stutter. I’m losing it. How can they just assume all this? “That’s it.

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