Beyond Control (39 page)
Authors: Karice Bolton
“If you even look in my direction while we’re at this camp—” I began, but the pilot opened the side door interrupting me. I pushed him back on the seat and turned back around in mine.
“Jeez, chill out,” he mumbled under his breath.
“Still gonna get some, Luke?” I heard someone whisper.
Everyone on this plane was so sleazy, except for the poor pilot. I didn’t even want to imagine what everyone else at the camp would be like.
I was the last to jump out of the plane, as I looked around the land void of civilization. I couldn’t believe my mom fell for allowing my stepdad to send me here.
“Emma Walton?” A girl asked.
I turned around and relief spread through me instantly. The girl looked to be a couple years older than me, so probably twentyish. And she looked normal. Her dark brown hair was bundled into a loose ponytail, and she was dressed in green cargo pants, a black T-shirt and rubber boots. Her smile was friendly, and I knew I’d be sticking around her as much as possible.
“I’m Steph,” she said, smiling as she stuck her hand out for a handshake, “one of the CLs here.”
Wow! That’s formal. I shook her hand quickly.
“Nice to meet you.” I grabbed my duffle bag and backpack
“Got everything?” she asked.
I nodded, and she waved at the pilot who was already preparing the plane for takeoff. “See ya in a week,” she yelled at him.
A week! I’ll be eighteen in a week, and then I can get out of here.
“We’re in bear country out here,” she began as our group followed her and the other CLs through the tall grass.
“I saw one on the way in.” I adjusted the large strap on my shoulder, hoping we wouldn’t be hiking all that far.
“It’s all part of being in the backcountry,” she replied. “We’ll go over everything when we get to camp, but it’s nothing to mess with. A ranger went missing a week ago on Baranof Island, and they just found his remains.”
A shiver ran down my spine.
“And Baranof Island doesn’t have nearly as many brown bears as we have,” another CL replied from behind.
Not what I wanted to hear!
BOOKS BY KARICE BOLTON
BEYOND LOVE SERIES
Beyond Control
Beyond Doubt
~ Coming Soon
Beyond Reason
~ Coming Soon
THE WITCH AVENUE SERIES
Lonely Souls
Altered Souls
Released Souls
Shattered Souls
THE WATCHERS TRILOGY
Taken
(Watchers Novella)
Awakening
Legions
Cataclysm
THE CAMP
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Karice Bolton lives in the Pacific Northwest with her awesome husband and two wonderfully cute English Bulldogs. She enjoys the fact that it rains quite a bit in Washington and has an excuse to stay indoors and type away. She loves anything to do with the snow and seeks out the stuff whenever she can.
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