Chapter 14
Pulling the sides of her jacket together, Lareina zipped it against the cold wind relentlessly gusting into her face. She fought her way through it as strenuously as if she swam against a powerful current. Nick and Aaron toiled along behind her, feet dragging, heads bent to keep the wind out of their eyes.
“I’m so hungry,” Nick groaned. “I wish I had a grilled cheese sandwich or a piece of chocolate cake.”
“Stop talking like that,” Aaron snapped. “You’re just making everything worse.”
A raindrop splashed against her nose and another trickled through her hair. She shoved both hands into her pockets. The week had started with heavy rain that stalled them for three days, they got lost twice in their quest to bypass submerged roads, and they had to slow down for two days after N
