And Soon Comes the Darkness by Angelique Archer & J Mills

Author:Angelique Archer & J Mills [Archer, Angelique & Mills, J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter VII

THE TOWN IN THE MOUNTAIN

T he location of the gas station was on the outskirts of Cherryton, set to the east side of the entrance, which was why Roger didn’t notice it on his first time through.

Steadily he trudged through the snow, rounding the back side of the gas station. The Honda came into view, and he had never been so happy to see it. The poor car looked so helpless though.

“I’ll get you fixed up fast, old girl,” he said quietly. He cupped his hands and blew warm air into them to regain some feeling.

Eventually he made it to the entrance of the garage, two cars wide and deep enough for the tow truck. There was a single overhanging light bulb, dimly revealing different parts of the garage as it swung back and forth.

Roger could see a lone silhouetted figure moving about so he quickly went inside the garage.

“Eve!” Roger called out in a cracked voice. He was cold and tired, but he was thoroughly looking forward to seeing his wife.

It was dark in the room, but his vision quickly adjusted, compensating for the brightness emitting from the Christmas lights outside to which he had become accustomed.

Roger immediately stopped in his tracks when he realized that this individual was not Evangeline. Chills running down his spine, he saw that he was standing no more than fifteen feet away from a stranger wearing a hooded robe similar to the ones he had seen before.

“Wha-what? Where is... where is Eve?” he stuttered while backing up.

The words barely escaped his lips before the stranger pounced on him. He was around the same height as Roger, but he felt stronger, and at the very least, he had the element of surprise.

Roger toppled backward hard and fast, thumping the back of his head on the cold concrete. For a second, his vision blurred, but he regained his senses once he felt the man on top of him. The stranger was close, face to face, and even in the hazy lighting, Roger was easily able to make out the man’s distinctive facial features that included a cleft palate.

“You aren’t supposed to be here!” the stranger spat. “You were supposed to be with the car. With her.”

Roger’s emotions ranged from rage to distress to misunderstanding; he was hardly able to process the new information.

Struggling underneath the overbearing weight, rolling from side to side, Roger tried to think back to the numerous self-defense classes that he had convinced Evangeline to go to by going himself.

Destabilize, positive contact, position of advantage, he repeated in his mind.

Putting his lessons into action, he thrust his hips outward in a hard, fluid motion, causing the hooded stranger to fall forward with a loud yelp. Roger instantly grabbed his opponent’s head, simultaneously wrapping his leg around the stranger’s and using his newfound leverage to roll the man over.

Surprised at how well his tactics worked, Roger promised himself he’d write a glowing Yelp review for the course if he ever made it out of this town alive.

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