emmily

CHAPTER ONE Kaida peered anxiously out the window of the patrol car. The late October days had started to grow cooler. She’d been on the streets for nearly two months ...

CHAPTER THREESomehow, even though Kaida had just met her classmates a few days before, she felt safe here. She had even been able to fall into a deep sleep without ...

CHAPTER FIVE Janika turned the lock slowly, listening for any sign of movement outside. The hall had been quiet for a while, but she wouldn’t put it past Cat to ...

CHAPTER SEVENMelanie pounded on the bathroom mirror in frustration, pausing every time someone stirred in the next room. She knew that if anyone walked in, they'd make her go to ...

CHAPTER NINEThe pounding on the door continued. "I know you're in there," a stern male voice shouted from the front porch. Reminding herself to breathe as she crept silently towards ...

CHAPTER EIGHTNow that they were alone, Cat settled down on the bed, and turned her attention to Melanie. "Why don't you start by telling me what you remember about last ...

CHAPTER TEN“What have the others been told?” Melanie asked as she followed Cat down the trail away from the safe house. “Just that we went away for a few days. ...

CHAPTER SIX “You’d think this would at least earn us a get out of jail free pass or something,” Jared complained to no one in particular. “Forcing us to go ...

CHAPTER FOURThe hike back to campus seemed to take forever. Andrew and Cat had decided that the best thing for the kids would be to forget about that night’s camp-out ...

CHAPTER TWO Gathered around the fire that night, the conversation was stilted and awkward. Kaida had consumed her dinner and now sat silently, with her back against a log, observing ...