by Cross, Amy
“Come on,” I say.
Lydia and I get to our feet and we start walking.
“Where are we going?” she asks.
“I don't know,” I say. “Away from mean people”.
“When will we get there?”
“In a while,” I say, though the truth is that I don't know where the hell we're going.
We walk on, and suddenly we come to something truly surprisingly. Running through the middle of the cornfield, there's a train line. Just a single line, but it's big and metal and it stretches off in both directions as far as the eye can see.
“We'll follow this,” I say.
We head west, with the rising sun behind us and our long shadows before us. I can't help wondering what it would be like if Pierce had come with us. Why did he shut that window? Why didn't he save himself? How did he die?
“Are we going to Hollywood?” Lydia asks.
“I doubt it,” I say. Then again, who knows? If we walk far enough... And as we walk along in the early morning sun, it feels like we're so far from the rest of humanity.
“Was Pierce your boyfriend?” Lydia asks.
“No!” I say. “God no!”
We walk on a little along the train tracks.
“He'll save us, you know,” says Lydia.
“He's dead,” I say.
“Not Pierce,” Lydia says. She takes my hand. “God”.
I wish I could believe her. But we're so far from everyone, it's hard to believe anyone will ever come and save us. There's no 'them' coming to make everything okay. There's just us. Us against the world.
COMING SOON
Day Nine
(Mass Extinction Event 2.1)
With her brother dead, Elizabeth decides to leave New York, and sets out after Mallory. First, however, she has to negotiate the city's dangerous streets, where unexpected dangers threaten to prevent her from ever leaving. Meanwhile, in Missouri, Thomas manages to find someone who can help Joe. However, this help comes at a deadly price.
COMING SOON
Shadows on the Page
(The Library 1.7)
Now that she's home, Claire finds herself watching out for any sign that the Forbidders might have followed her from the Library. At first, things seem to be okay. Eventually, however, she finds that her skin is starting to become dry and flaky, and her back is hurting again. Finally, she realizes that she is starting the slow transformation back to her former self. The only solution is to find a way back to the Library.
The Rise of the Forbidders
(The Library 1.8)
The series ends with Claire discovering what happened after she left the Library. Rapidly changing form, she rushes through a landscape of devastation, where she finds that the Forbidders have wrecked havoc across the land. As she searches for Vanguard, Claire begins to fear that the Forbidders have won and that they are coming for her next. At the last moment, however, she discovers that the true enemy is far more powerful than she could ever have imagined. With the future of the Library at stake, Claire must make a decision that could wreak havoc across all seven worlds.
The Vigil
(Grave Girl 1.3)
When she's told to go into one of the mausoleums so she can check on the bodies, Sam finds herself trapped by an unseen force that seems determined to make her stay inside forever. However, when she overhears a hushed conversation outside, Sam realizes that someone seems to be guiding her toward a secret. Meanwhile, Gabriel Fenroc continues to cause consternation among some of Rippon's more nervous residents.
The Letting
(The Devil's Photographer 1.3)
Recovering from the incident at the church, Kate is keen to get her hands on the camera she dropped. John Dagwood, meanwhile, is being strangely elusive, as if he's unwilling to let Kate's work progress too far. Soon, Kate starts to learn more about Dagwood, including his interests in medieval medicine and his involvement with a strange group that has strong links to the events that recently took place at St. Abraham's.
The Promise
(The Devil's Photographer 1.4)
Now that she knows more about Amin Bell, Kate is certain that she's on the verge of an important breakthrough. Dagwood is still acting strangely, however, and Kate decides that there's only one way she can get to the heart of his activities. Allowing herself to be drawn deeper and deeper into Dagwood's world, however, Kate realizes too late that she might be trapped in a nightmare from which she can never escape. All roads, it appears, lead back to the burned-out church where Amin Bell was last seen.
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