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Darkness Chapter 13: Bite
My steps became clumsier as the numbness crawled up my legs. I finally fell to my knees in the soft snow. A few minutes later, the crunch of snow under boots drew my attention. I rolled to look up at the trees, the falling snow, and the face of the shadow man."Let me go," I whispered hoarsely.The white light off the snow lit his face. The scars crisscrossed his cheek in straight lines like he'd been marked on purpose. When I finally looked at his eyes, they looked back with knowing sadness.He silently bent down and scooped me up. My numb fingers couldn't even hang on to him. After twenty minutes, he deposited me back in the huge bed next to the fire."You're taking away my choice," I whispered."I know, but you're making the wrong one." He went to leave."How can I make the right one if you won't tell me what's going on?"He gave me a tight frown as he turned back. "I can't.""Then I'm going crazy."He left for a time. My mind kept circling. I didn't know what was going on.
Darkness Chapter 14: Depression
After the Shadow man's disappearance, I snuggled back in the warm bed. My mind swirled with the madness. Was I crazy? Was this real? The thoughts tangled as they morphed into even crazier dreams until the morning sunlight was streaming through my window through my ratty pink curtains. I blinked against the light realizing I was in my own bed. I shot up. Was it all just a dream? My hand went to my neck as I ran to the bathroom. I blinked hard against the florescent blubs. As my eyes adjusted, dark purple marks stood stark against my skin. The sigh of relief I let out rivaled one that a women issued when seeing the negative sign on a pregnancy test. Instead, a growing tightness deeper in my guts grew as I traced the marks down my neck to my shoulder. There was even a bit of skinned areas outlined with teeth marks. I may not be crazy with hallucinations, but now maybe I was a bit crazy in a different way. That bit of madness seemed less daunting to tackle, almost exciting.I pushed it
Darkness Chapter 15: Shower
Sunlight streamed through the tattered pink curtains. I ran my hand over my face. I had a terrible headache, one that felt like lightening had cracked a boulder. I rolled out of bed in search of water. I stumbled to the bathroom, then gulped the cold liquid straight from the tap. The terrible dream struck me as I stared at my wet face in the mirror. I was still dressed in my work smock with the fresh holes torn in my knees. Was that just a dream? How had I gotten home? The angry red lines spiraling up my right arm faded into black as I watched. I blinked. What the hell? No. No, no, no. I was losing it. I was losing my mind. I screamed, a blood curdling maniac scream. It echoed off the bathroom walls and probably woke up any neighbors still sleeping. My mind went white and my body reacted. I ran. I don't even remember making it to the street, but my feet carried me there. I sprinted past people but I didn't see them. I ran across traffic, but didn't hear their horns. I just ran. I r
Darkness Chapter 16: The Veil
I dried my hair and wrapped myself in the towel before I tested my legs again. They were completely cramped. I tumbled and caught myself on the toilet before I went down all the way."Umm... Hey... Mister?" I called through the closed door.A moment of panic struck me. He was a complete stranger. He could do anything to me because I couldn't run away. I was in the worst position possible. I had to at least look like I could defend myself."Kira? Is everything okay?"I sat up straight. I hoped I at least looked tough enough to fight him. Well, that was complete bunk. If he was going to do something to me, there wasn't a damn thing I would be able to do about it.The door cracked open. "Are you okay?""Yeah, I think I'm done.""Okay, one second." He disappeared. A moment later he set a pair of sweatpants, a T-shirt, and a sweatshirt on the edge of the counter. "They won't fit you, but at least it's something." He said then closed the door."Th... thank you." I called through the
Darkness Chapter 17: The World
"Remi, where is she?" A tall man with golden hair bellowed."You could at least knock," Remi muttered. "She's fine." He stood, brushing at his pants. I tried not to stare at his bulging zipper. I was failing at that."There she is. We need to get her back. She shouldn't be out of the world." He barely glanced at me and spoke to Remi as if I was some sort of object."Angandriel, she is exactly where she wants to be." He looked down at me sitting on the floor. "You don't want to go back, do you?"I looked over to Angandriel. There was something familiar about him, too. I followed the thread of thought. Wait. He had been Anton that first night he'd come to rescue me. It hadn't been the real Anton. It was like my mind had been over written and now that I could see his face clearly, he didn't look anything like him. "Anton?"The man glared at me.Remi laughed. "Man, she saw right through you.""But you look nothing like Mila's brother. How did you...?""The Veil rewrote him in you
Darkness Chapter 18: Plan
I held my head in my hands between my knees. My head was killing me. What had I been doing? I didn't feel like puking and my stomach was warm and full, but god did my body hurt. I turned my head and looked out the sliding glass door as the rising sun sent beams of glowing light reflecting through the windows. Something about it reminded me of golden hair. I blinked hard. It didn't matter. I had a job to do. It was Saturday, my day for the early shift. I slowly sat up and then attempted to stand. My knees gave way. I barely caught myself on the edge of the day-bed. Anton grumbled and rolled over. He let out a ripping fart. I stumbled across the room to get away from it, coughing and choking on the air. How long was that freeloader going to be stinking up our apartment? I would have to talk to Mila about it. Mila... Mila... That was... no. Everything was fine. Just too much to drink was all. I must have been pre-partying for my upcoming birthday again. Why did I keep blacking out from
Darkness Chapter 19: Road Trip
I sat in the passenger side of the hornet staring out the window. We were loaded up with snacks for the twelve hour long road trip to my hometown. It didn't take long to pack or to leave the city, not like it was a big city for that matter, but way more sizable than where I came from.Rolling green fields passed by our car and with it came the stench of cow manure. If you stayed in it long enough, you didn't notice the smell, but after being gone so long it was so overpowering I wanted to gag. As I stared, I watched the shadows. That is where I always saw him with his glowing red ember. I wondered what it was. It looked like just a glowing ball of light. Maybe it was an enchanted firefly. Since I was dealing with the unknown here, maybe it was a fairy.Mila sat in the driver's seat singing along to the tune on the radio. It's not like the hornet had an aux port or anything, just a broken tape player. She seemed her happy self, but her eyes were too big, her face too stretched, and he
Darkness Chapter 20: Home Sweet Home
By early morning, I was driving the hornet down the familiar gravel driveway to my old house. The cows were already milked and travelled in a herd as they headed out to a green place to graze in the summer sun. The days would get shorter soon, almost unnoticeable until fall. It would happen just after solstice, my birthday. That was only a few days away. The memory of the darkness taking Mila made me shudder again. I stole a glance at her. She was still humming merrily as she looked out the window."Are we there yet?" Anton grumbled."Just about a mile," I said."My back is killing me from sleeping in the car at that rest stop," he complained as he stretched."Oh quit whining," Mila said. "You've been sleeping since we got in the car last night.""Yeah, but it was daylight until almost ten. Do you think your folks will have breakfast ready?""Again, I don't have folks. I have a brother and a father.""Yeah, whatever. Will they have food ready?""How am I supposed to know?" I ea
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