Bloodstained Oz (Bloodstained Worlds Book 1) by Golden Christopher & Moore James

Author:Golden, Christopher & Moore, James [Golden, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2012-07-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The need to pee got the best of Gayle. Despite her desire to hide away in the closet forever; she left the safety of the darkness and dared her bedroom. The room was empty, devoid of dolls and whatever it was that had scratched at her door. Her bed was a mess and her clothes were scattered all over the floor. For a second she thought how upset her mother would be and then she closed her eyes and swallowed hard, remembering the sound of her mother’s scream and the sudden impact that had shook the floor beneath her.

Gayle closed her closet door and looked more closely at the wood in the moonlight. Whatever had been whispering to her had scraped thick gouges into the door. She stepped back and gasped when she saw that her name had been carved there.

She left her bedroom, walking as softly as she could, her heart beating far too fast. A few small signs of her flight from the porcelain monsters remained in the hall, fragments of colored dust and a small piece that clearly showed an ear.

Gayle managed to make it down the stairs without falling, but her body trembled with every step. Her parents were down there. She’d seen them and had thought for sure they were dead when she came across their bodies. But she had heard their voices after that, when she was hiding in the closet, and so now she wondered.

She had to know.

Gayle walked into the room where she had last seen her parents and found no sign of their bodies. Instead she saw the sofa upended and cast to the far wall. A deep red splotch soaked slowly into the floorboards. That’s where Daddy was… Her heart slowed down, seemed to almost freeze in her chest, and she sighed out a breath from numb lips.

Her mother had been on that sofa earlier. There was no sign of her now, but the simple floral pattern of the fabric was black and wet with blood.

Gayle ran through the house, eyes wide as she searched every room. Frantic, she called for her parents, but there came no answer. When she at last allowed herself to admit that she was utterly, completely alone, she crumbled to the ground, rocking back and forth, a soft whine escaping her throat. Tears fell from her eyes, and she tasted the salt on her lips.

It was the sound of the horses that brought her back to herself. They were agitated, and their ruckus was enough to reach her in her despair. A spark of hope ignited. The horses would carry her away from the farm, let her find help, someone to search for her folks.

Gayle shook her head to clear it and stood up, swaying slightly as she headed for the back door. She stepped out into the darkness, the moonlight pale and ghostly. The barn was a hulking shape, little more than a black silhouette in the night. She looked around, afraid that little figures might scurry from hiding, that the porcelain people would return.

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