Chapter Twenty-One
The hybrid kicked up a dust storm as it landed. Hybrid air carriers, a combination of airship, helicopter and hovercraft, had first appeared during Cassie’s childhood and were common in every role from commercial transports to go-anywhere utility craft. Despite that, as a city girl it was the first time Cassie had seen one up close. It was the length of a city block and surprisingly noisy as it maneuvered on jet thrusters.
Then the dust cloud was rolling towards her, boiling like a lava flow, blotting out the sun. Tiny particles flailed her body, invaded her nose and mouth, choked her.
She wasn’t able to get away because chains held her fast, just like they did Gina and Other Girl—the tiny one who’d been playing with herself in the dormitory, and who Ella had warned t
