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"Well that changes the plans a bit now doesn't it? If father knows of the baby he will call of the fight and I will get nothing!"
He turned the wagon left, taking them down an unfamiliar path to Alannah She was suddenly aware that they were heading away fro in the sa, Alannah's mind was still not any sharper than it hen they left the cabin She was still fading in and out of conciousness, she would let her mind wander and think of the worst cases in which she was thrown over the cloff and left to die She also began to wonder, with all this traveling, where on the island that they would end up If they continued heading away fro back towards the Chateau, but on the other side of the island?
Wait, Alannah re that Dominic had told her about the Island and that was, before one could travel all the way around the Island, they would have to pass through h Alannah did not knohat that er traveling through there? No one had explained what the 'wild lands' were, except that they were supposed to be rugged, convoluted, and thick overgrown forests in places The area wasstreaeneralizations were useless at this point in tiet home Unseen by the couple at the drivers seat, Alannah started to let hay fall out of the wagon, hoping that Dominic would travel this way and see it
Mid-afternoon the wagon came to a stop, Alannah was allowed to sit up briefly and drink soiven some dried fruit and s told her nothing, as she had never been to this side of the island before They were surrounded on all sides by dense forest: she couldn't see anything other than the trees for more than fifty feet in any direction The respite was brief, however, and she was soon son lurched ahead and resu for hours at a time, until they caan to descend sharply, the road was rocky even on to rock back and forth Finally they began to level out and Alannah heard, soainst the shoreline and Sea Gulls Her heavy covers were pulled away, she looked up having to sheild her eyes against the late afternoon sun By the position of the sun and the shadows on the ground Alannah could tell that it was past six pm