Chapter One

The night hung heavy and humid as the moon slips behind a cloud. The darkness wrapped around her, and she shivered as even the moon abandons her plight. Gasps of her breath- the only sound to be heard. She squatted down and lay down the blanket wrapped bundle in the knoll of a tree, covering it with leaves and branches. Scanning the empty cimmerian blackness all around her, she strained her eyes looking for him, before running along the lane and across the field to safety.
Sounds of the engine ripped the silence apart, as she turned to …