Where are you?’ — one of the girls, shrill with panic. ‘Gaaaaargh!’ ‘Sssssssssss …’ Desperately I lunged through the trees towards the sounds of the struggle, terror for Richard washing through my brain in a icy tide. ‘Richard! Hold on! I’m coming! I’m here!’ My lungs were raw; adrenaline burned ...
Soon, as Zagros had told me it would, my route joined the new road forged through the mountains by Zeel’s men: a raw scar cutting westwards through the range like a jagged lightning bolt. It was utterly deserted, as we’d hoped it would be. I was going to find my friends. It was like a lantern lig...
Two out of every three children who suffer from it are eventually cured. But not Hannah.’ I looked at her, curled up like a kitten on Q’s lap. With all her zip and sparkle smoothed away by sleep, I saw how thin her face was. For the first time, I noticed her pale, translucent skin and the purple ...