Lost in Darkness by Jeffrey Thomas

Author:Jeffrey Thomas [Thomas, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Bad Moon Books/Evil Jester Press
Published: 2013-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

9

“Please keep the doors locked,” Anne Tower told her daughter before going off to work, “and don’t let in any strangers for any reason, okay? We don’t know what happened to poor Michael, but there could be some dangerous weirdo out there, and Farmington is just one town over from our town. Okay?”

Dana sat at the kitchen table eating her cereal and unconsciously rubbing at the small spot where her head had been shaved to “drain her brain,” as Mike had kidded her in the hospital. She had been brushing her hair the opposite way she usually did, in order to keep the little bald patch covered. Now a stubble of new growth was sprouting there. “Okay,” Dana said absent-mindedly, absorbed in thought.

Mrs. Tower patted her daughter’s arm as she passed behind her on the way from the room. In the doorway she paused and looked back. “Honey, I hate to leave you today. I know how worried you are about Mike, and I’m worried about you. Are you sure you’ll be all right? I can call in sick at work, you know. Would you like me to do that?”

Dana stopped rubbing her head. “No, Mom, I’m fine...really.” She gave a brave smile, putting a little shine into it to charm her mother the same way she had always charmed her father as a little girl. It worked now like it always had, and put her mother at ease immediately.

“Okay, then...but call if you need me for anything.”

“Will do. Have a nice day.”

“You too.” Then Mrs. Tower left the room, and moments later Dana heard her car start up. At the sound, Dana immediately rose up from the table and jogged from the kitchen, up the carpeted stairs to her bedroom.

Dana changed from her pajamas into jeans, a T-shirt and a sweater over that. She brushed her hair quickly, just to get it done. This was no date. She had work to do.

She was going to walk on over to the high school and waltz right on into the school library. She knew she would attract attention from the other students, and maybe even teachers, but she would do her best to brush them off. She had to see Sophie, and she knew Sophie had a second period study on Fridays.

Dana went into her parents’ room and found her father’s Red Sox cap, adjusted it to fit her head. She slipped on her funky sunglasses with the round purple lenses. Maybe it would help if she disguised herself a little bit, to keep the other students and teachers from noticing her. Dana checked herself out in her parents’ mirror. Through the sunglasses, she looked dark and purple.

Purple. Was this how the Shadow Beings saw the world? Saw their victims?

Dana shuddered, and took the glasses off. She had another pair with red lenses that Sophie had given her for her last birthday. She’d wear those instead.

She glanced at her wristwatch. She should start walking over to the school soon. But Dana had another thought.

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