Winterbringers (2014)
“Betsy 10. BetsyThey crept out through the back door, so that their footsteps in the snow wouldn’t be so easily seen the next morning, and climbed over the garden wall out into the lane that ran down the side of the house.Remembering how cold he’d been in the car earlier that day, Josh had piled layers of clothes on, only to find, now that he was outside, that it wasn’t as cold as he had expected.Callie was muffled in an old navy duffel coat that was too big for her and that Josh hadn’t seen bef...ore. Does she have any new clothes? Josh found himself wondering irrelevently. She carried a small rucsac containing Agnes’ box, a flask of coffee, a bar of chocolate and, as an afterthought, half a bottle of whisky.
It was a quarter to one in the morning, and apart from them, no one was out on the darkened streets. The power still hadn’t come back on and it was fortunate that the moon was still full and the sky – for the moment – was clear. They had torches as well, but it seemed best to save the batteries: they didn’t want to find themselves without light in the middle of Fife Ness at night.They reached Callie’s house without incident.MoreLess
It was a quarter to one in the morning, and apart from them, no one was out on the darkened streets. The power still hadn’t come back on and it was fortunate that the moon was still full and the sky – for the moment – was clear. They had torches as well, but it seemed best to save the batteries: they didn’t want to find themselves without light in the middle of Fife Ness at night.They reached Callie’s house without incident.MoreLess
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