Voracious
Alice Henderson
Language: English
Pages: 224
ISBN: B002MJXZWM
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Hungry for a good read? Voracious is... -A GRIPPING, ATAVISTIC SUPERNATURAL THRILLER- sexy, sensuous, and terrifying- (BRAM STOKER AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN).
Madeline Keye's gift-to touch someone and see flashes of the past-has set her apart from family and friends. She finds sanctuary in the wilderness, until a backcountry hike in Glacier National Park turns into a hunt-with her as the prey. Because something that's not human is out there. And it's hungry.
jog, heading toward a gas station where she could get directions to the highway. “We’ll have to hitch,” she said. They reached the gas station, and she went inside the snack store. A burly man sat behind the counter, eating a long piece of round jerky. “Can I help you, miss?” he asked, swallowing. “Which way to Highway 2?” He pointed out of the window. “It’s about seven blocks that way,” he said. “Just go straight. You can’t miss it.” “Thanks,” she said and quickly left the store, George
keep it inside this little silver box. I haven’t taken it off since.” Madeline felt her throat constrict. “I killed her.” “What?” “If I hadn’t been there, if MacCready hadn’t known about my ability, he wouldn’t have freaked. She’d still be alive.” “No,” Noah said firmly. “You can’t think that. You’re no more responsible for her death than I am for Anna’s.” He took her arms and frowned at her. “Do you hear me?” Madeline didn’t respond. It was her fault. Noah released her. She met his eyes.
them out fast. The battery obviously still held a charge, and one little spark could send them up in flames. Quickly she ran to the driver’s door and peered in. Her heart sank. Steve sat slumped over the wheel. Grunting, she tried to wrench the door open, but it was too damaged to budge. The passenger door was locked. She took in Steve’s condition through the window. He was unconscious, breathing, bleeding from a head wound. The smell of gasoline reeked strongly, making Madeline feel dizzy and
together. For a second she considered just ripping them all out and touching them all together until she found the right combination, but she thought that might just take the Jeep out of commission completely. The nearest cabin lay two miles down the road, but when they’d passed it earlier, it showed no signs of occupation. And she knew it wouldn’t have a phone. The dirt road meandered for miles through the forest before rejoining North Fork Road on the outskirts of the park. She knew there’d be
from him, that it wasn’t just her heart. It was the door. Someone was there, desperately wanting in. “Madeline!” Her name. From far off. It hadn’t been uttered moments ago by the creature at all but by the real Noah on the other side of the door. She leapt up, the creature propping himself up to watch her, looking so strikingly like Noah that suddenly she was uncertain again. Quickly she reached the door, flung it open. Noah stood in the doorframe, chest heaving, face desperate and bruised.