Z 2135
“Every time Ana thought she couldn’t bear more, ill-fortune surprised her. Her arm was pocked with diseased, rotting flesh beneath the bandage, spreading out and up into her arm—yellow blisters itching, burning, eating her alive.
Liam blurred beside her. Running without ceasing, labored only by her pauses. He should run faster—staying with her was death.
Are they following?
Ana didn’t know. What she thought was the rustle of pursuit might’ve been the forest mocking.
No, they were alone: her, him..., and the burning inside her.
Liam tugged at her wrist, the healthy one, and pulled harder. “We have to go faster.”
Easier said than done.
But she tried all the same.
They were headed for The Outback, an abandoned town bordered by eucalyptus that shaded the acres around it. On the other side of The Outback, they’d find the road leading to Hydrangea … and her father.
They had learned about the real Outback at Chimney Rock—an endless desert in a place called Oz, from long ago. No one knew what the city was called before someone from The Barrens pounded a sign in the dirt, where the eucalyptus thinned.MoreLess
Liam blurred beside her. Running without ceasing, labored only by her pauses. He should run faster—staying with her was death.
Are they following?
Ana didn’t know. What she thought was the rustle of pursuit might’ve been the forest mocking.
No, they were alone: her, him..., and the burning inside her.
Liam tugged at her wrist, the healthy one, and pulled harder. “We have to go faster.”
Easier said than done.
But she tried all the same.
They were headed for The Outback, an abandoned town bordered by eucalyptus that shaded the acres around it. On the other side of The Outback, they’d find the road leading to Hydrangea … and her father.
They had learned about the real Outback at Chimney Rock—an endless desert in a place called Oz, from long ago. No one knew what the city was called before someone from The Barrens pounded a sign in the dirt, where the eucalyptus thinned.MoreLess
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