Whippoorwill (2013)
“One minute Caitie was walking through grass and trees with moonlight for a guide, and the next thing she knew, the sun was in her eyes. It was the first time since her escape that she’d known what direction she was going.
And while one direction was as good as another so long as the Bolins were somewhere else, Caitie would rather not have been in full view of the world with no place to hide. She paused on a rise and shaded her eyes with her hand, squinting them just enough against the new sun t...o get her bearings.
To her left, a low line of blue-gray mountains broke the flat horizon. The distance, she knew, was deceiving. It would take days to reach the foothills. With no food or water, that way was out of the question. To her right, the ground rolled before her, falling away into an undulating sea of grass. A black mass moved upon it like a shadow upon the land. Caitie’s heart leaped in her breast at the buffalo ranging as far as the eye could see! She’d seen them before, but safely from the seat of a wagon.MoreLess
And while one direction was as good as another so long as the Bolins were somewhere else, Caitie would rather not have been in full view of the world with no place to hide. She paused on a rise and shaded her eyes with her hand, squinting them just enough against the new sun t...o get her bearings.
To her left, a low line of blue-gray mountains broke the flat horizon. The distance, she knew, was deceiving. It would take days to reach the foothills. With no food or water, that way was out of the question. To her right, the ground rolled before her, falling away into an undulating sea of grass. A black mass moved upon it like a shadow upon the land. Caitie’s heart leaped in her breast at the buffalo ranging as far as the eye could see! She’d seen them before, but safely from the seat of a wagon.MoreLess
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