A Whispered Darkness by Vanessa Barger

Author:Vanessa Barger [Barger, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teen horror, teen and young adult horror and suspense, ghost stories, teen romance, demons
Publisher: Month9Books, LLC
Published: 2014-08-01T07:00:00+00:00

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I woke with a start, my arms cold on the bare wood floor of Grant’s bedroom. I blinked in the pre-dawn light filtering through his windows. There were wet trails on my cheeks and I brushed them away with a shaking hand.

The last image of myself in that mirror seemed burned into my brain. I glanced at the red digital numbers on Grant’s nightstand across the room. Five a.m. I’d gotten a few hours of sleep. More than any other night in the last week.

My nightmares only grew worse. After a week of sleeping only when I couldn’t hold my head up at night I’d tried sleeping in Grant’s room on the floor. The nightmares had stayed terrifying but repetitive the last few nights. That was over, apparently. Though the wards kept Grant safe, they did not do the same for me.

I rubbed a hand over my face. My body ached with the need for real, dreamless sleep. It led to some tense days in school, and today wouldn’t be any different. So far, I’d managed not to fall asleep for more than few moments in class. Thank God. I guzzled energy drinks until my hands shook, all the while telling Haven and Grant everything was fine. Mom hadn’t seemed to notice anything different.

I got up, making sure not to wake Grant. One of us should get to sleep until the alarm. I got dressed and headed downstairs, figuring I could gulp down some coffee and make breakfast.

I checked the calendar on the fridge. October 15th. Fifteen days since the dreams started. Over a week since I’d slept more than a few hours. A chill moved over me, and I rubbed the goose bumps on my arms. October was not a good month for those of us who saw spirits. People were more open to the paranormal, and the more people who believed and who were looking, the more paranormal events took place. Ghosts, or some of them, thrived on the attention and the energy. I closed my eyes, sent up a silent prayer for relief, and jerked my head up when I swayed on my feet, dangerously close to hitting the ground. I took a seat on a stool at the island and laid my head on my hands. My head felt incredibly heavy. Just a few minutes wouldn’t hurt anything.

Grant woke me when he came down for school, and I heard my own desperate whimpers echoing in my ears as the beginning of the nightmare faded into my subconscious for the moment.

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