Among the Dead by Kevin Wignall

Author:Kevin Wignall
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, Psychological Thrillers, Crime, Psychological, Crime Fiction, Thrillers, Thriller & Suspense, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 9780340826102
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Canada
Published: 2002-01-01T11:00:00+00:00

An untroubled sleep, not much to ask for but something that seemed beyond him. He woke in the early hours, uneasy at first but then relaxing, realizing he wasn’t in the middle of an attack. He was thirsty though, his mouth dry. Perhaps that was why he’d woken.

He got up without turning on the light and made his way downstairs. It didn’t matter that it was dark; he knew the way blind, stepping over the creaking stair, wanting to maintain the silence.

And he was glad he hadn’t turned on the lights because the downstairs was lit anyway, swimming in the unearthly glow of the streetlights coming in through the front windows. He was surprised they lit up the whole place as much as they did, giving it a strangely atmospheric quality, like a theatre set.

He walked into the kitchen and filled a glass with water. He shivered then, sensing that someone was behind him, the air stirring, like someone had crossed the hall behind him. He turned quickly but saw no one, just the empty orange glow. It felt like someone was there though. Putting the glass down, he walked back through, uneasy.

He looked into the lounge where the light was even brighter. Will was sitting in the armchair cutting things out of newspapers. He looked up briefly and smiled at Alex. Alex nodded back and Will said, ‘Why are you crying?’

He put his hand to his eyes, dry, and said, ‘I’m not crying. None of this happened.’

Will nodded and went back to his papers. The phone rang and Alex picked it up. There was a lot of noise at the other end, gunfire, distant explosions, and then an urgent voice, ‘She’s in the house, Alex. She’s in the house!’

‘Rob?’

‘How can it be me? I’m here.’ He looked in the direction of the voice. Rob was sitting on the sofa, his face covered with an intricate map of white scars.

‘They managed to patch you up,’ said Alex.

Rob looked confused and then Alex became aware of the voice screaming in the telephone. He’d let the receiver drop and as he looked down at it now he could hear the desperate screaming, ‘She’s in the house! She’s in the house!’

She was in the house. What did that mean? She was in the house. He felt the sensation again of someone walking past behind him, a swift flitting movement. He looked back out to the hallway, nothing there. And then he heard the stair creak and when he turned again Rob and Will were backing into the corner on the far side of the room, looking afraid, becoming children.

‘She’s in the house,’ said Rob. ‘She’s always been here.’

‘Who?’ They covered their mouths and Alex said, ‘Wait here,’ and climbed the stairs then, emerging in the doorway to his room. The glowing of the streetlights was in there too now, not as bright but well enough to see.

Someone was on the bed with her back to him, someone familiar somehow. He walked closer, realizing that someone else was in the bed too and that she was straddling his chest.

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