Chasing the Dark: The Demon Inside by A. P. Texan

Author:A. P. Texan [Texan, A. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prepared Texan Publishing
Published: 2020-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

0500 14 September 2021

The Farm

I wake up still wrapped up in Sandy’s arms. Her leg draped over mine. I carefully and quietly extricate myself from her embrace trying not to wake her.

“Hey Amor, you're not going to leave without saying anything are you?” She whispers without opening her eyes.

“Of course not, I just wanted to let you sleep a little more before we take off, that's all.”

“I’ll wake you up in a little bit before we roll out.”

I finish getting dressed and put on the rest of my kit then slip out of the cabin and sit on the porch to have a smoke, before I walk over to the communal dining area and make some coffee. As I'm finishing my smoke, I step off the porch and hear the sound of an approaching UTV coming from the direction of the road. As I turn my head to look that direction, in the dark of the predawn I can see the headlights out on the main gravel drive that leads up to our new home. More than likely this is just Calvin, Kerri and the rest coming up from the house for breakfast, but I still unsling the big battle rifle, just in case. Just a few seconds later the UTV engines cut off as do the lights. Nope, not our people. I back off the porch back into the cabin to wake up Sandy.

“Wake up babe, someone’s coming up the drive and they don’t want to be seen. They got to the area by the pond and killed the engine and headlights on their UTV.”

“Okay babe what do you want me to do?”

“Wake up everybody in here and the barn, have Charles grab a radio and get ahold of me. I am going to circle around and see if I can make contact.”

“Be careful, my love”

“I will. Now hurry and wake everyone up!”

With that, I slip out the door in the back of the cabin, the hinges protesting and letting out a horrible squeal.

“Shit! That was freaking loud.” I say to myself as I crouch run to the fence line separating us from the neighbor's property. From there, I slip into the tree line and head towards the last place I saw the UTV.

As I approach the road, I stop and drop to a knee. It is still a good hour and a half ‘til sunrise and I can't see anything. The moon and stars are covered by a low cloud cover, and the darkness is about as complete as it can be. This works to my advantage as well as the intruders. I’m hopeful that the darkness forces them out onto the road, rather than through the thick brush.

“I’m telling you, there is no one here, the old man and his wife live down the street. We passed their house on the way here, their cars and side by sides were in the driveway. We can just slip into the barn grab a few bags of feed and be out.

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