Sentence Sneak Peek - Monument 14 Sky On Fire

Monument 14 Sky On Fire by Emmy Laybourne

The first sentence from each chapter of Monument 14 Sky On Fire, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

* Spoilers are highlighted like so :)

“To whoever finds this: Here’s a math problem for you.”

“IT WAS A LOVELY MOMENT.”

“THIS IS SLOW GOING.”

“I FUMBLED TOWARD THE HATCH, FEET CATCHING ON THE DENTS from the long-ago hailstorm.”

“NIKO HAD BLISTERS COMING UP ALL OVER HIS FACE.”

“I DECIDED TO MAKE THE TRAIN AND THE LIVING ROOM INTO MORE of a contained unit—a little home within the bigger store.”

“MORNINGS OUTSIDE GO LIKE THIS: YOU ARE IN THE DARK AND IT looks like night.”

“I SLEPT HARD AND, HALLELUJAH, I SLEPT UNTIL I WOKE UP OF MY own accord.”

“NIKO HAD JOSIE IN HIS ARMS.”

“FIRST I CHECKED ON THE CHAINSAWS.”

“I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT AND I THINK IT WOULD HAVE been better for all of us if Brayden had died on the bus.”

“AFTER A GOOD, LONG WHILE, THE RAGE RECEDED.”

“EVERYONE WOKE UP AROUND 7 (JUST LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE IN the store).”

“I DREAMED OF ASTRID ALL NIGHT.”

“WE SET OUT AGAIN.”

“THE CADETS JUMPED DOWN ONTO US.”

“EVENTUALLY WE SAW A DEVELOPMENT.”

“I GOT A PHARMACY FULL OF ROBITUSSIN,” JAKE BRAGGED  TO Payton.”

“THE STAIRS WERE WHITE, WITH BLACK SCRATCH PADS ON EACH step to keep you from slipping.”

“I TOTALLY BLEW IT.”

“I WOKE UP ON A SATINY BEDSPREAD ON THE FLOOR.”

“IT’S HARD TO DESCRIBE HOW HUGE THE OPERATION AT THE airport was.”

“I SCREWED THE TOPS ON TIGHT AND SHOOK THEM.”

“WHERE WERE YOU GUYS?!”

“PAYTON LOOKED UP AT ASTRID.”

“RESTRICTED AREA, BOYS!”

“JAKE HAD A DIFFERENT OPINION ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO.”

“I SAW THE VILLAGE INN!”

“JAKE WAS IN THE BUS, TRYING TO GET IT TO GO.”

“THE SKY HAD HOLES IN IT.”

“THE CHOPPER STARTED TO LIFT!”

“CAPTAIN McKINLEY PUSHED UP ON THE CONTROL STICK AND THE helicopter rose in the air.”

“I VAULTED UP THE LADDER.”

“IN A BOMB BLAST I SAW A FIGURE ON THE EDGE OF THE ROOF.”

“I FOUGHT AGAINST THE COMPOUNDS.”

“GET IN NOW!”

“ASTRID FUMBLED TO STRAP THE KIDS IN.”

“HOLD ON!”

“WE DESERVE A HAPPY ENDING.”