Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Eighteen _ _ _Take a step,_ I thought _You can do it. Now another. Now another._ The road was rising in a steady incline, but I could see the lights of town just over the next hill. I had almost made it. A powerful wind ripped through the...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen The next time I woke up, I felt better. I was warm, but not too warm, and it didn't feel like my bed was spinning. After taking a few seconds to gather my senses, I opened my eyes. The lights were turned off, to my relief, but...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Sixteen The first thing I noticed was that I felt warm. My head was cloudy and my thoughts were slow, but I still had enough presence of mind when I woke up to realize I wasn't still lying in the snow. The chill of being dunked in a frozen...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Fifteen One second, I was looking at the biggest freaking wolf I'd ever seen. The next, I was pinned to the ground by the biggest freaking hyena I'd ever seen. How Becky managed to sneak up on us like that, I have no idea. All I know is...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fourteen Everything fell still. Cold wind blew in from the hole in the garage door, smoke curled from the end of Stark's gun, and I struggled to keep my balance on my knees with my head spinning the way it was. I could hear somebody...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Thirteen "Close your eyes," I said. Kimberly obeyed. "Reach down deep inside yourself." "What does that mean?" she asked. "It means..." I paused and opened my eyes. How did I describe it? I could tell her to turn her thoughts inwards, or...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Twelve
Chapter Twelve "Three... freaking... days!" I moaned, opening my blinds and resting my forehead against the cold glass. My blood was burning, my muscles tense, begging to be used. My breath fogged the window and I stepped back, staring longingly at...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Eleven
Chapter Eleven I swear, I must have sat there for ten minutes just staring at Dex before he waved his hand in front of my face. "Helloooo? Earth to..." he glanced down at the sheet of paper in his hand. "Amber Pace, right? Is that your name?" I...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Ten
Chapter Ten "No! Absolutely not!" "Mom, seriously," I groaned, falling backwards onto the couch. "I--" "Don't you 'Mom, seriously,' me, young lady," she snapped, walking around the couch to wag her finger in my face. She's lucky she was my mom,...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine I sat there in the front yard, heedless of the snow melting and soaking into my jeans, as a hurricane of emotions stormed inside my chest. I was scared for Kimberly, scared for my mom, scared even for myself, but also angry at...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Eight
Chapter Eight Out of all the prayers the education gods could have listened to, for some reason they chose to answer my lone plea to go to school the next day. The roads were plowed, the buses were on time, and by a quarter past eight we were...
Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Thirty Three
Chapter Thirty Three I leaned over the piping hot bowl of cheese-and-broccoli soup and breathed in through my nose. Not only did it smell like the best thing in the world, the delicious steam helped to clear my stopped-up nose just a little....