Captive Splendors (2014)
“Sara drew her knees up and locked her arms around them, frightened of the ominous sounds coming from the heavens. Did she have the courage to carry out her plan? The idea of going anywhere near the locker box again terrified her, as did the idea of being near Malcolm again. I must do what must be done, she told herself, or else Wren will have Caleb and I will be an outcast with a child.
Almost as soon as the blackness overhead was silent, she moved on cat’s feet toward Wren’s bunk and shook her awake. “Shhh,” she cautioned, a finger to her lips. “Come with me. There’s something I have to show you. Be very quiet and follow me,” she implored, “and don’t awaken Lydia.”
Startled by Sara’s intrusion on her sleep, and even more apprehensive about the girl’s strange behavior, Wren crept from the bunk and her place beside Lydia. Sara’s glassy-eyed expression was the same one she had worn the night Wren had found her standing over the bunk she shared with Lydia. A flutter of fear tugged at Wre...n, but she disregarded it as Sara led her through the darkness, nimble as a cat.MoreLess
Almost as soon as the blackness overhead was silent, she moved on cat’s feet toward Wren’s bunk and shook her awake. “Shhh,” she cautioned, a finger to her lips. “Come with me. There’s something I have to show you. Be very quiet and follow me,” she implored, “and don’t awaken Lydia.”
Startled by Sara’s intrusion on her sleep, and even more apprehensive about the girl’s strange behavior, Wren crept from the bunk and her place beside Lydia. Sara’s glassy-eyed expression was the same one she had worn the night Wren had found her standing over the bunk she shared with Lydia. A flutter of fear tugged at Wre...n, but she disregarded it as Sara led her through the darkness, nimble as a cat.MoreLess
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