Chapters tagged father

by TerraKhanus

Chapter 16

Buenos Aires at dawn hit with a wall of humidity and engine fumes. Sarah felt it first—a layer of sweat forming between her breasts as soon as the cabin door hissed open. The private jet’s descent had been smooth, but the instant they stepped into the open air, the world rearrang...

by TerraKhanus

Chapter 17

The Andean dawn came harsh and early. Rafael woke first, his mouth dry and his mind still fogged from the bottle he’d nursed the night before. At first, he registered only the expected: wind moaning through the rocks, the faint hiss of lake water lapping at the shore. Then the so...

by TerraKhanus

Chapter 18

Night in the high Andes was a trickster, cold and blue, all the world scrubbed clean except for the stink of burnt wood and wet hair. They made camp in the lee of a ruined cistern, their tents huddled like animals that had learned to fear the dark. Someone—Sarah suspected Jenny—h...