“Declan,” I began, “maybe we should turn back onto the highway?”

(Excerpt of Sororate Chapter
One)





Driving to Yushu took a lot longer than we expected.  We ended up driving all day and as the sun
set, Declan was still behind the wheel. 
We had stopped though for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea but
according to the road signs, we were still 53 km’s away.


“Get out the map would ya, B?”  He
said impatiently.  “See if there’s a
short cut or