He sprang to his feet and dove across the waterway. Ned somersaulted over the rotted log and slid awkwardly into a patch of purple mushrooms. "You would make this cheery, wouldn't you?" Tekka ducked a low branch and splashed through the stream. Kalabeth said, "Nothing like a sprint to get the blood flowing." She drew in an easy breath, winded not in the least. The more delicate sister vaulted over a rotted log and landed on the far side of a small stream, every move she made calculated. Tekka seemed to be the athletic one, but evidently not. Kalabeth, surprisingly, outdistanced them both.
If they didn't, the tree would catch up to them in three or four more launches.Īhead, Tekka barked at him to pour it on. The slingshot mode of transport was highly effective. It unspooled its roots toward them, grabbing hold of its fellow trees and catapulting itself forward. Ned looked back to see the tree fifty feet away. Curling into a ball wasn't the way to go if evading a rampaging tree was the order of business. He fought the urge to crumble to the ground in a heap. Every step felt as if collapse was the next logical course of action. As he pumped his legs, Ned winced with every impact. Fleeing for one's life after being on involuntary bed rest for so long bordered on insane. He's going to be quite the sidekick for Ned.Įvery single muscle below his belt screamed in pain. I was so excited with the arrival of a new character, the ambulatory enchanted tree I mentioned in an earlier post, that I had to share the chapter in which he makes his debut. Get your FREE Starter Library (three completely free full-length novels) NED FIREBREAK CHAPTER PREVIEW Posted on August 19, 2012
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