Chapter One
From her vantage point high in the roof, Evie studied the barren landscape. As usual, nothing moved.
She never got used to the silence.
In the beginning, people had come, confused but still confident.
As time passed, they dwindled to a few—exhausted, bewildered, and hungry.
After a meal, the wanderers, as she and Markey had come to call them, moved aimlessly on, convinced they'd find something better over the hill. Evie's heart squeezed in her chest when she said goodbye to those peopl...
Published on September 12, 2010 16:38