Angered Seasons: Volume Four (I Will Survive) Read Free

eyes and inhaled
deeply. He moved over Jenny’s limp form so that he straddled her.
His eyes bled to silver.
    My heart was pounding in my chest and I held my
breath as he put his hands gently on her shoulders and pressed his
lips to hers.
    Seconds turned to minutes and though I was scared
that the noise might break his concentration, I finally took the
breath my lungs were craving.
    Max blinked and pulled away from her. “Come on,
Jenny.”
    I wiped at the tears streaming down my face and raced
to her side as she groaned.
    “Max?” She sat up cautiously and touched the back of
her head. “Ow.”
    “Take it easy,” he warned with a grin. “You’re not
all fixed.” He pulled his shirt over his head and fashioned a sling
for her arm. “I was able to get the major stuff, but you’ll still
have a bump on the head and if I saw correctly, there’s a hairline
fracture in your arm.”
    “You saw?” I gawked at him. “You saw in her?”
    “Yeah. It was kinda like a fluorescent x-ray. I could
see where the worst of everything was and, I don’t know. I moved
energy to those spots? No… that just sounds cheesy. Not energy. I
don’t know. All I know, is I remembered how to do it.” He helped
Jenny stand before hugging her close.
    Lane smiled and went to catch the horses who were now
grazing quietly near the fence.
    “Come on.” I took Vader from him and gave Jenny a
hug. “Let’s get you back to the house so Marie can patch you
up.”

    ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

    “We need to catch a Yellow Eyes.”
    Everyone stopped talking and stared in shock at
Max.
    “I’m serious. I need to find out what I can do. I
need to see what I can remember. We can’t just hide away forever.
Glade will be back and when he shows up, I need to know how to deal
with him.”
    “Speaking of your darling big brother, where the hell
has he been?” John looked outside as if to make sure the subject of
conversation didn’t suddenly appear.
    “I have no idea. The only thing I’ve felt around is
the dogs.” He reached down and gave Riley a pat on the head.
    “Though I can see the positive aspects of having a
couple of Yellow Eyes at your disposal for training, I’m a bit
worried as to how we’d keep them here safely after the fact.” Shawn
looked around to see if he was the only one on this wavelength.
    “We could lock them in the basement.” Jenny gestured
toward the door that led to the room in question.
    I shook my head. “I am not having those things in the
house. What if they got out?”
    “What about the shed?” Robbie suggested.
    “That might work.” Lane, Robbie, and Jason headed
outside to see if the shed would make a secure enough prison.
    “If we do this, you have to stay here,” I announced
to Max.
    “No way.”
    “Max, it’s not up for discussion. If we come across
more than a few of them and some get away, the first thing they’ll
do is tell Glade and Terra where you are. If it’s just us, they’ll
have no clue who we are.”
    Grant nodded. “Gabby’s right. You need to sit this
one out.”
    Riley barked and Max glared at him.
    “Fine. But you go with them. You can let them know if
they’re close.”
    The dog’s tongue lolled out of its mouth and I was
sure he was grinning.
    “Do we have a plan?” Lane came back into the house
and pulled his bunnyhug over his head. “It’s getting hot out there
again. It actually feels like August in August.”
    “I suppose if Mother Nature wants to save this
planet, she has to take it easy with the weird weather. There’s
only so much the plants and animals can take.”
    Jason grunted. “I don’t care what her reasons are.
I’m just happy it’s nice out. Now. Let’s go find us some Yellow
Eyes.”
    Riley barked and bounded out the door and into the
back of the one ton.
    “You’ll need ropes, the guns just in case, some duct
tape…” Shawn was coming out of the barn, shoving things inside of a
duffle bag.
    Lane and I jumped into the truck and were joined by
Grant,