CHAPTER 25
If Kimmie had been able to plan her escape better, she would have left earlier in the month, before the termination dust fell, before the nights grew so frozen. Thankfully, it was clear out, and the moon kept the woods illuminated, but without the cloud covering, the night was bitter cold. She and her brother had no protection but a light windbreaker and one tattered blanket, and they were lost.
Kimmie was certain of it. She’d long lost track of the time, but it seemed to her that by now the moon was already on its way down in the sky. Which meant she’d been walking for several hours along the path she thought should have led her back to the Glenn Highway, and she had no idea where they were.
“Let’s stop here for a minute, Buster.”
Pip hadn’t made any sounds for quite a whil
