“I heard it here!” Li shouted.
“Me, too!” Lu said excitedly.
“I did, too!” I said quickly. “But it came through my tunnel,” I said.
“No, it came through mine,” Li answered back.
“No,” Lu said defensively, “it came through mine.”
We all were silent. In the shadowy darkness we all looked at each other.
“Pepper is in three pieces!” whispered Lu and looked at us sad and worried, but still kidding.
“Pepper!” we cried one by one. “Pepper! Treat! Treat!” But there was nothing, no one and eerily not a sound around.
Enjoy Chapter One of “The Secret of Kite Hill” by Bradley, Liam, and Luca Charbonneau.
“Wait!” I whispered hoarsely behind Li. “What?” Li turned his head towards me and asked. But I didn’t have anything to say. I was...