Three
The rising sun was invisible behind the thick clouds. Icy wind blew through Annie’s blonde curls and she shivered. It smelled salty. The waves played somewhere in the distance, she could hear their roar, and her heart went out into the sea.
They were gone. No notice, not a single word. Just gone. Annie couldn’t believe her eyes when she found the van, and a car vanished in the early morning along with Rahab, Adama and Björn. Where did they go? And why? The plan was to wait out the consequences of the transmission in the mountains. The army had scattered nearby and was waiting for further instruction. But the days grew colder on the pastures in Cornwall. And the people grew restless.
Annie’s chest tightened as she rubbed her arms and bit her lips. She had never been part of their i
