The lights of the highway fluttered by like in a dream. My mind was heavy. Fuzzy. But I knew that if I had any chance to save myself, I had to remember the landmarks. I had to stay awake and pay attention to where he was taking me.
We drove for hours. I tried to hang on to the things we passed. The neon reindeer sign in Portland. The Columbia River crossing into Washington. The Space Needle.
Heavy metal drilled through the car and into my throbbing head. My wrists ached.
“Jack, what are you doing?” I asked, still groggy and nauseous. “Where are you taking me?”
“I’m just the courier,” he said. “Bringing you from Point A to Point B. Everything will be fine. Like I said, you just need to relax.”
We drove on in the dark. I was tired and then I let go, falling away with the distant lonely sound of foghorns lulling me into a deep sleep.
When I woke again, we were moving, but not moving. It was lighter out, but dull. I looked out the window. Rain poured down from the sky onto the water.
Another foghorn.
We were on a ferry.
I caught his eyes in the rearview mirror, watching me.
“Who the hell are you?” I said.
“I’m a doctor, Abby. I specialize in research.”
He leaned over the seat and put duct tape over my mouth and pushed me down on the floor.
“Even this early there are a lot of people on this ferry. Wouldn’t want you to call out and spoil things.”
My heart raced.
“He’s excited to see you,” he said. “He can’t wait. He’s flying in tomorrow.”
Nathaniel.
He was delivering me to Nathaniel.
THE END
44 Book Three
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Like her main character, Jools Sinclair lives in Bend, Oregon. She is currently working on 44 Book Four.
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Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50