9/22/2023 0 Comments The awakening (armstrong novel)I followed his gaze as it traveled over the forest, until it stopped and I heard footsteps.ĭerek tensed, ready to leap up, but they were still a good distance away when they stopped, footsteps replaced by the murmur of voices. All of them.”ĭerek shushed him and twisted around to lie on his stomach, facing the other way. Simon lifted his dirt-streaked face and rubbed his jaw. When we tried to rise, he pushed us back down. Then Derek thumped us again, this one a hard whack between the shoulder blades that knocked us off our feet. We ran until we saw the glittering light of houses through the trees and knew we must be approaching the back road. The moon through the trees gave us enough light to see where we were going.ĭerek motioned us to silence. When we slowed, he thumped us both in the back, telling us to keep moving. We could hear the sounds of a fight, but it was a short one and before we’d gone far, Derek was behind us.
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