Five (Ursula P Archer) by Ursula P Archer

Author:Ursula P Archer
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781448162116
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2014-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

He tried to open his eyes, but the blindfold was so tightly wrapped around his head that his eyelids remained firmly shut despite all his efforts.

He was shaking from the cold, and from fear. With every cramped, trembling movement of his body, the ties cut deeper into his wrists. ‘Hello?’ he whispered. ‘Is anyone there?’

No answer.

He swallowed down the panic surging within him and tried to get his bearings.

It was in vain. He could have been here for an hour or even twelve; losing consciousness had taken away any sense of time.

But it hadn’t taken away the pain. His pulse was racing, a rhythm beating against the inside of his skull with the merciless sharpness of a pickaxe. His wrists were burning, but he couldn’t feel his hands. They were completely numb. He tried to move his fingers, but couldn’t work out whether they were responding.

‘Hello?’

He waited, trying not to breathe, trying to sense the presence of another person, but everything around him was quiet, empty.

He only had himself to blame. He had been warned and hadn’t taken one single word of it seriously. And now …

The fear swelled, breaking through the thin layer of control that had been holding it in. Even though his head felt close to bursting, he yelled, screamed with panic.

But no one came, and after a while he quietened down again, waiting silently. He tried to think about his family, but that just made everything worse. Behind the tight blindfold, tears began to well up. The mucous membrane in his nose was becoming swollen.

‘I see we’re ready now,’ he heard someone say behind him. He reacted instinctively, trying to turn around, but the ties just burrowed deeper into his flesh.

‘What do you want from me?’ he croaked.

‘Answers.’

He swallowed a sob, not voicing the question in his mind – Answers to what? ‘If I tell you what you want to know, will you let me live?’

The silence was as complete as before, as if the man behind him wasn’t even breathing. Then he felt a hand on his head.

‘I’ll tell you how it’s going to be. First, you’ll lie. Then you’ll tell the truth. Then, at the end, you will die.’

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