CHAPTER 1
Rhea's POV
I tucked my wings into my windbreaker and looked around. I was in a deserted alleyway next to a fast food place. I checked my pockets. $25. Crap…I would have to spend my money wisely if I wanted to get to Tennessee with some money in my pockets.
I walked into the joint and ordered a hamburger and shake for about $15. Good, I could have at least $10 left for Tennessee. I could Dumpster dive for the rest of my food later. I sat next to a group of six, seven if you counted their dog.
I could sense one of them eyeing me out of the corner of my eye. I finished my food all too soon and my stomach was still rumbling for more. I sighed and got up to throw away my trash. Then my stomach growled really loudly as I passed the group of six's table. Boy were they a sight to see. Dusty and some were bruised. No doubt something was after them. And, as if on cue, Erasers started filing in. Ugh, the genetically enhanced mutts… Okay, okay, I guess I have no right to call them that, since I am only 96% human.
Anyways, I was starting to inch out the back door when the six kids I was walking by bolted. I ran with them for a few minutes before veering towards the alleyway. I heard footsteps behind me and I looked back, prepared to see an Eraser. Instead, I saw the youngest kid of the six following me. I stopped in the back of the alleyway and she stopped too. She finally seemed to realize I wasn't who I was supposed to be and her eyes got wide. "Oh no!" she whispered.
"Hey, I'm sorry you got me confused with someone else, but let's worry about that later, okay?" I couldn't show her my wings and was about to lift her up to the roof, but she snapped out her own pair of wings.
She had wings.
