I hurried to the end of the nothing, the end of my tunnel and screamed as loud as I could, “Li Lu!” as if a singsong, a call to the angels in the heavens. “Li Lu!” A frantic call from someone who didn’t like to regret actions, but was regretting actions. I just wanted things to be as they were only minutes ago, reunited with my boys. “Li Lu!” I sounded like a bad backup singer chanting and yelling as if possessed.
“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.
My boys scrambled ahead fearlessly as if this were a video game. I hesitated as if this were my real life. Hello? It is...