Chasing Down Secrets by Katie Matthews

Author:Katie Matthews [Matthews, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 1484854721
Published: 2013-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven:

My bed is big and empty, I long for Emmett’s strong arms around me, protecting me from the evil that is always trying to get me. I can see the stars through the window, the only lights in the black night. We should leave. I know father does not want me to, but it has been a week. It has been a week; it is time to move on. Tomorrow, I decide. I breathe in the muggy air and climb out of bed. Suddenly, though, there is a bump. It is loud, too loud, and out of place. Quickly, I climb back up and under my covers. Almost instantly my door opens, not fully, letting light flood in.

“Emmett, you scared me,” I whisper as he shuts the door quietly.

“There is someone in the house,” he says softly, walking over to me, “let’s get under the bed.”

It is much colder under the bed, despite the fact that Emmett’s arms are around me. The whole time I can feel my heart beat in my ears. I try to swallow but the lump in my throat makes me feel like throwing up whenever I do. I do not care about myself. My only concern is my father, brothers and their mother. Do they know someone is here? Did Emmett warn them first? But whenever I try to ask him he silences me.

Finally, my door creaks open and a pair of black boots appear in front of the bed. My breathing stops instantly, three painfully long minutes later the boots exited the room and go down the hallway. Not too long later the screams start. My arms and legs move but Emmett stops me from going to help.

“They’re dying!” I mouth as tears spill over my lids. A silent cry begins, “please.”

“I cannot take that risk. All you would be doing is getting yourself killed along with them.” His face remains solid. No traces of emotion show. But his arms strengthen their grip as I cry into his chest.

It is daytime when we finally emerge. Emmett goes first to make sure the coast is clear. I try to close my eyes but they keep popping open whenever I try. The first thing I notice when I leave my room is the blood. The second thing is the smell. It is a metallic scent that clings to my nose. My eyes waters as I see the red handprints on the walls. I feel my throat close as I try to scream. We enter my eldest brother’s room, slowly, afraid of what to find.

At first, there is nothing, except the blood. Then I see it, a lifeless body. The face is swiped free of emotions. His throat is covered in a bright red liquid.

“Let’s go, Emmett,” I say my eyes never leaving the young man’s cold face.

He does not say anything; he just takes my hand and leads me away. We check the other rooms, my second brother and his mother meet the same fate. My father is not in his room and I hope he got out, but I know that he did not.

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