Deer Born by Fleur Smith

Author:Fleur Smith [Smith, Fleur]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

SAMSON’S NIGHTMARE had come to life.

He had no idea how, though.

Or why.

Or even whether he was going crazy and imagining it all.

One thing was clear—he had aimed his arrow at a deer. It may have ended up in Bambi somehow, but it wasn’t a stray shot. It all felt too familiar, even though it was impossible.

As he carried the injured Bambi through the forest, old worries surfaced. Warnings his father had given him rang through his mind. All of the reasons he kept away from the city followed closely behind.

Only now he held in his arms, someone who could make all of that hard work meaningless.

Halfway back to the house, Bambi passed out. He rushed a little faster, trying to jostle her lithe form as little as possible.

As he went, flashes of his childhood nightmares assaulted him.

It was impossible though.

They were just nightmares. Dreams.

There was no way the deer people were real.

They couldn’t be.

It was almost a relief when he reached the house because he was able to focus his attention on everything but his thoughts. Stopping the bleeding. Removing the arrow. Cleaning the wound. Stitching the wound. Task by task, he was able to ignore the horrors running through his head.

At least until he’d done all he could. Then he had nothing left to still his mind.

After checking on Bambi again, he retreated outside. Normally, he would have a thousand small tasks to keep him busy, and even when he didn’t he had no problems sitting alone with the quiet of his thoughts. Only now his mind wasn’t quiet, and he didn’t have any tasks to do. He’d finished everything off in anticipation of bringing home a deer to skin and butcher.

He glanced over his shoulder at the shack he called home as if he could see straight through to the bedroom where Bambi was recovering from the wound he’d inflicted. With a long sigh, he turned back to the fire and stared into the dancing flames.

As if he willed his memories into the embers, images danced in front of him. Things he’d forgotten and repressed. Things he’d thought were just part of his nightmares.

In the years since then, he’d forced himself to forget so much of what had happened. He’d convinced himself he’d imagined it.

He had to confront Bambi to see if she could offer the truth, but did he really want to hear it?

Maybe it would be easier if she just disappeared.

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