Chapter 10
Lara Stella woke up lying face down on two chairs that she had pushed together to make a bed.
She wiped her face.
She hadn’t intended to doze off.
Just rest her eyes.
All around the community center, vegetables were asleep or whispering. Outside, she heard gunshots and an explosion in the distance. She shivered for a moment, wrapped her blanket tighter around her chest.
She yawned.
Graeme and Lara Stella were still in the corner of the room, with Geoffrey’s book, fighting over the pages.
“No, I’m not done yet. Don’t turn the page!” Mint said.
“You read too slow,” Graeme muttered.
They were almost to the end of the book.
She yawned again and stretched, then put her arms down as her side blazed into intense pain. Bad move.
“How long was I asleep?” she asked.
Mint shru
