Devil Within by A. Briar

Author:A. Briar [Briar, A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00

27

The Attic

Hudson

It’s unnaturally hot in the attic room. I can’t remember what time it was when I was locked up in here. My father was drinking again and his rage was unleashed when my mother left and hadn’t returned that evening.

I run my tongue over the swelling cut on my bottom lip. The familiar coppery taste of blood filled my mouth. My ears felt as if they would explode with the pressure from my heart beating loudly.

Matt is probably hiding somewhere. He always gets away with a beating. I, however, am not so fortunate. I never understood why, but for some bizarre reason, I will always be my father’s target. And if not me, then mom.

But she is hardly ever around these days, which just makes my father angrier. It’s a back and forth game of cat and mouse in which I’m the prey to my father’s sadistic ways. The poor, weak victim: Hudson Saylor-Tyne.

Laying back against the cool floorboards, I close my eyes shut and try to think of good things and happy things. But there is nothing good and there is no happiness. It’s like white noise in the background.

I hear the heavy footfalls coming up the stairs. My eyes squeeze shut as the door creaks open and the familiar sound of my father’s leather belt whips in the air. He’s not going to stop tonight.

I jerk awake from the nightmare. My chest is heaving and my heart pounding hard and fast as if I am really there in that attic all over again. I was there-I was there-I was there, I repeat to myself, unable to separate past from the present.

My father’s face keeps on showing up in my head and I can’t seem to pull myself out of the nightmare. The familiar feel of his belt cutting into my skin as he beats the crap out of me every single night until the leather and buckle are slick with blood. An icy shiver runs through me. It’s not real, I tell myself. It’s not real.

I take a deep breath and adjust my eyes to find myself here in Parker’s bedroom. I relax when I realise that her naked body is still pressed against me and her soft, innocent face is inches away from mine as she sleeps peacefully.

She is so beautiful, so young.

Memories of our night together resurface and I vividly remember the strong rush of taking her into my arms as I fucked her until she came and my name left her lips while her body trembled underneath me.

Sitting up, I grab my jeans and underwear from the floor, before pulling them both on.

I’ll take shower when I get back home. I don’t want to linger around her apartment any longer than I needed to. The game has only just begun.

Looking over at her, sleeping as if there isn’t a worry in the world, I watch as her chest rises and a soft sigh escapes her lips. Something about her comes across as safe.

Maybe it’s her damn smile or her soft loving touch, but Parker isn’t like the others.

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