Wolf! The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island by Nancy Temple Rodrigue

Author:Nancy Temple Rodrigue [Rodrigue, Nancy Temple]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: best seller, hidden, mickey, disneyland, walt disney, adventure, mystery, historical, fiction, romance, suspense, theme parks, treasure, wolf, tom sawyer, island, pirates, time travel, adult, teen
ISBN: 9780974902678
Publisher: Double R Books
Published: 2015-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

The Island – 1817

Frantic, Rose looked around one last time for her wolf. He was nowhere to be seen and Private Crain was gaining on her. She knew she wouldn’t make it back to the safety of her cabin before he caught her. Without a thought of the possible danger inside, she ducked into the dark opening of Injun Joe’s Cave. Only the bravest Islanders ever ventured alone into the winding, confusing labyrinth of tunnels. Some of them had never come out again.

The underground tunnels wove around for miles in a jumbled maze. Some of the paths led to dead-ends. One led to some beautifully colored phosphorous pools. One skirted the edge of the dangerous Bottomless Pit. At least one tunnel led to the other side of the Island and surfaced across from the old mining town. It was in a remote part of the Island, far from what should have been the safety of the Fort. It wasn’t safe for Rose. That remote section was where she was headed. If she made it through fast enough, there would be plenty of places to hide until Crain gave up the chase. Wolf had led her through the tunnels many times, teaching her, she now realized, how to navigate the twisting turns.

She could barely distinguish what sounded like swearing as Daniel Crain plunged into the musty darkness after her. Unlike Rose, he was unaware of the low-hanging rock formation just past the entrance. It caught him square in the middle of his sweating forehead. Trying not to make any noise as she hurried along, she smugly smiled in the growing darkness when his cry of pain reached her. The path she followed dropped at a gentle slope, just as she knew it would. She placed a guiding hand on the wall of the tunnel as she kept moving; it was getting darker and darker as she moved further from the light of the entryway. One more turn, and then the ground should start to rise again.

She stopped short, a little confused. The tunnel abruptly ended. Frantically feeling her hands all over the rocky wall, she just knew she had been on the right path. Who filled in this tunnel!? She hadn’t realized she let out a sharp gasp until Daniel called out. “Ha! I heard that. I know where you are now, stuck-up female! You’re trapped.”

Not wasting time replying, she quickly backtracked until she found the forked trail. One path led back to the main entrance and the other went past the Bottomless Pit. Beyond that, if she could find it, was one other route to the outside.

She could hear the labored breathing of Private Crain echoing through the tunnels. Unused to any physical demands and secretly frightened of the growing darkness, he was fighting for control. If he did succeed in catching her, she knew she wouldn’t survive the outcome. Suddenly she tripped on a rock in the pathway. Quickly bending down, she picked it up in her hand. Her fingers closed over the rock, making a solid fist.

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