The Host Prologue Chapter 13 Part 14
CHAPTER 13 Sentenced Are they here?” We choked out the words–they burst from us like the water in our lungs had, expelled. After water, this question was all that mattered. “Did they make it?” Uncle Jeb's face was impossible to read in the darkness. “Who?” he asked. “Jamie, Jared!” Our whisper burned like a shout. “Jared was with Jamie. Our brother! Are they here? Did they come? Did you find them, too?” There was barely a pause. “No.” His answer was forceful, and there was no pity in it, no feeling at all. “No,” we whispered. We were not echoing him, we were protesting against getting our life back. What was the point? We closed our eyes again and listened to the pain in our body. We let that drown out the pain in our mind. “Look,” Uncle Jeb said after a moment. “I, uh, have something to take care of. You rest for a bit, and I'll be back for you.” We didn't hear the meaning in his words, just the sounds. Our eyes stayed closed. His footsteps crunched quietly away from us. We couldn&#…
