Chapter 14
“I feel really, really stupid right now.”
In the shade of an alley, Lara Stella massaged her temples. Mint and Graeme crowded around, consoling her.
They had been running for miles. Away from the monsters.
Nowhere in the Lower Rind was safe.
“It’s not your fault,” Graeme said.
“That artichoke was a complete fraud,” Lara Stella said. “And I was so gullible that I believed him. He could have killed us.”
She felt angry, sad, and defeated as she thought of the artichoke and his deception. She couldn't forget his eyes—those cold, backlit eyes. Like something from another world. And how they turned cold and evil the moment his identity was revealed.
But who was he?
Kalee, who was leaning against the wall with her arms folded, sighed and shook her head. The green bean twins sa
