Chapter 41
Noah drummed on the door of the sleeping Gracewood farmhouse so hard that dust began to drift down from the lintel.
‘They’re close. I can feel him!’ he announced when Lily opened the door in her yellow dressing gown and smiley-face slippers.
The setting moon had barely given enough light to see by when he’d stumbled from the cave, but his quick glance at the hallway clock showed that it was now already past seven, and the new sun was almost strong enough to be useful. It had been impossible to move through the dimly lit scrub at the pace he wanted without risking injury, and he’d known better than to hurt Tessa like that. Now he could finally get going properly. He pushed past Lily and barged into the kitchen to look for the keys to his ute.
‘Why isn’t anyone doing anything?
