Preview of Zero Magnitude, Book 3
Chapter 1
“Run faster, Devi!”
The trees blurred by as Devika Sharma ran barefoot through the dark forests of Coppice. Thunder shook the ground and the rain fell in great drenching slants.
She wore plastic beads around her wrists, and they shook in frenzied rhythm with her steps.
She didn’t know how much faster she could run. She hated the never-ending trees, the shadows, the wetness.
She could hardly see.
“Come on!” a little boy’s voice shouted.
And then she spotted a dark hand reaching out for her.
Rajinder—a little boy her age. Nine or ten. His black hair was matted in a wet clump over his face, and his red cricket jersey was soaked.
He grabbed her hand forcefully.
“We have to keep going!” he cried.
Devika found renewed strength and followed
