Runner Series (Book 1): Runner 3
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Her dad fell back onto the floor in the room and howled in pain when his foot bent back at the ankle, she took a step to help him, but Lincoln stopped her.
“Never come here again,” he said, watching the injured dreg squirming on the floor
“Lincoln, I—” she started to beg.
“No Audrey, never again,” He shook his head and used the head of the ax to push the creature back into the room. “Promise me.”
She nodded her head and tears spilled freely down her cheeks, “I promise. I promise, just don’t kill him.”
Lincoln shoved the dreg as hard as he could into the room and pulled the door closed while it was scrambling to stand back up.
Audrey limped to the door and sank to her knees in front of it. Her father was clawing at the other side of the door and she could easily hear his growls and hisses when she pressed her ear against the cool surface.
She rested her forehead on the cool surface of the door and cried, “Good bye, Daddy.”
Lincoln let her cry for a few minutes before he put his hand on her shoulder and guided her down the stairs to the waiting truck.
Lincoln opened the door to the passenger seat and helped Audrey into the cab before walking around to the driver’s seat. She looked out her window while he slowly backed the truck out of the motel parking lot.
Audrey didn’t make a sound on their way out of Carlsbad, but though tears continued to flow down her cheeks. She watched the small town disappear behind her in the mirror on the door as they drove back to Roswell.
I love you, Daddy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nikita Eden was born in Colorado and grew up in Vernal, Utah where she met her childhood sweetheart, Brenden. They married in southern Utah in 2010 and have four children. She currently resides in Northern Utah where she spends her days playing with her kids, writing, and crocheting.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN