Sentence Sneak Peek - The Loners

The Loners by Lex Thomas

The first sentence from each chapter of The Loners, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

* Spoilers are highlighted like so :)
* Read via the publisher for review.

“SOMEONE MUST HAVE BITTEN OFF HER NOSE.”

“BEFORE ...”

“DAVID DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL.”

“IT WAS TWO WEEKS LATER.”

“ONE YEAR LATER.”

“THE WET CLOTHES WERE HUNG UP TO DRY where no one would find them, and David’s dry deliveries were folded and packed into his bag, ready to be exchanged for food and essentials.”

“THE FOYER SMELLED LIKE A DIRTY OVEN.”

“THE HALLWAY WAS DARK.”

“WILL WASN’T SLEEPING.”

“DAVID WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.”

“DAVID AWOKE WHEN SOMETHING LONG AND cold and rubbery coiled around his neck and choked his throat shut.”

“WILL TOOK THE CORNER FAST.”

“WARM COPPER LIGHT SPLASHED AGAINST Lucy’s bed.”

“WILL CLOSED HIS EYES AS LUCY’S FINGERTIPS slid down his cheek.”

“THREE FOOD DROPS HAD PASSED.”

“LUCY COULDN’T SLEEP.”

“A WINDOW SMASHED BEHIND WILL.”

“DAVID’S MACHETE CLAPPED AGAINST HIS back with every step.”

“LUCY WISHED SHE WAS A NERD.”

“THEY THINK I’M WEAK.”

“DAVID SNUCK INTO THE MARKET.”

“WILL GRIPPED THE HANDLE OF LOOKER 733.”

“THE TILES FELT COLD AND FRESH UNDER HER toes.”

“DAVID LOVED HIS GANG.”

“SORRY, GUYS, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO check your weapons.”

“WILL WANTED TO VOMIT.”

“AGONY.”

“WILL CLIMBED OUT OF A TRASH CAN.”

“DAVID WAS ALONE, STARING UP AT A CEILING light that was glowing bright and then fading, over and over again.”

“LUCY WALKED PAST THE STOLEN FLAT-SCREEN TV that lay flat on the lounge floor.”

“ESCAPE.”

“LUCY’S FACE WAS COVERED IN BLOOD.”

“THE LONERS CROSSED THE LINE INTO WHAT once was the humanities department.”

“WILL WAS IN FRONT, LEADING THE CLIMB up the stairs to the library.”

“LUCY RATTLED THE HANDLES OF THE LIBRARY doors and yanked with all her weight.”

“EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO HELL.”

“IT WAS ALL FOOD.”

“WILL STOOD IN THE CENTER OF THE QUAD.”

“LUCY AND VIOLENT ENTERED THE RUINS by the light of Violent’s torch.”

“DAVID WAS SHAKING FROM ADRENALINE.”

“SAM TRUNDLED DOWN A PITCH-BLACK HALL.”