Perpetual Darkness: A collection of four gory horror novellas by Jacob Rayne

Author:Jacob Rayne [Rayne, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Rayne of Terror
Published: 2014-05-13T04:00:00+00:00

Two

She stared at him dumbly for a second before cursing and starting to shove the pushchair back up the hill for all she was worth.

He shouted with a volume she thought reserved for megaphones, sirens and car stereos, letting his mates and accomplices know that someone had stumbled upon the scene.

He’d been sent back for the phone when the oldest lad had realised that it wasn’t in the bag.

The backs of Debbie’s legs burnt with the effort of pushing the heavy pushchair up the hill.

Becki started screaming as if she sensed the danger they were in.

The top of the hill came after what felt like an eternity.

The lad was almost close enough to touch her now, she could hear his breathing and the squeak of his trainers on the wet grass.

The raised voices of the other two teenagers came from the bottom of the hill. She cursed herself for getting involved, why the hell hadn’t she just gone home and called the cops from there?

She realised the lad was going to catch her, so tried to figure out how best to proceed. The closest thing she had to a weapon was the heavy key ring in her pocket, so she pulled this out, putting a few of the keys between her knuckles so they protruded like Freddy Krueger’s spikes, and swung her fist with all her might.

The youth’s eyes went wide, as though the last thing he’d ever have expected was for this meek-looking mother to turn and lamp him one.

The keys sunk into his left cheek, spattering blood on her hand.

The feel repulsed her, but she was willing to wade through gallons of it to get her and Becki to safety.

The lad wasn’t as tough as he seemed to think, as he stopped, his hands cupped to the wound that gouted blood down his white Kappa tracksuit, and let out a couple of pained grunts.

Debbie came to her senses and resumed running. Her lungs were already burning from the exercise and she was deeply regretful that she hadn’t visited the gym since Becki was born.

She risked a glance behind her and saw the two grimacing teenagers reach the top of the hill.

‘I think she has a knife,’ the younger lad said, spitting blood over the faces of his companions as they reached him.

‘Fucking bitch,’ the girl spat and started running after Debbie. The bigger lad followed a second later.

Debbie reckoned these two were unlikely to be put off by a mere punch to the face, so she increased her efforts, using the grisly image of what had happened to the suited woman to spur her on.

She reached the hedges and ducked through, cursing as a branch scored a bloody furrow across her right temple.

If only that was the only scar I bear from the events of that day, she would later mourn.

As she cleared the hedge, her frantic eyes picked up that there still didn’t seem to be anyone in the playground.

She cursed and briefly debated running towards the camera, but then thought this was fraught with problems.

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