Refuge Book 1 - Night of the Blood Sky by Jeremy Bishop & Jeremy Robinson

Author:Jeremy Bishop & Jeremy Robinson [Bishop, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror
Publisher: Breakneck Media
Published: 2013-11-10T23:00:00+00:00

11

Griffin Butler saw motion to his right. A rustle of leaves accompanied the shifting shadow behind a thick rhododendron, framed on either side by small white Cape Cod style homes. Standing in the shade of an oak tree, hidden from the nearby streetlight, he paused, gave the neighborhood a quick once over and said, “It’s just me. You can come out.”

Two shapes emerged from the protective shroud of the bush. As they came into the light, Griffin stepped into the street and crossed over toward them.

“Mr. Butler...” Radar said, his voice apologetic.

“The Sheriff asked me to check on you,” Griffin said. “She’s the only person I’m going to report to.”

The boy relaxed, and the transformation made Griffin angry. What had the boy’s father done to make him so afraid? There were rumors, of course. Stories about belts and fists and the hiding of bruises, but they were such stereotypes, Griffin wasn’t sure which were real and which were inspired by a Lifetime Network made-for-TV movie. Rule knew more than most, but she wasn’t sharing, which was a testament to her professionalism, but since Radar still lived at home and his father wasn’t locked up, clearly nothing had been proven.

“Do—do you know what’s wrong with the sky?” Lisa asked. She held on to Radar’s thin arm like he was the only thing holding her to the ground.

Griffin turned his head to the night sky. It was still cloaked in waves of translucent red. The way they moved, sliding through the sky like a sinister fog, made him nervous. Made everyone nervous. And not just because it shouldn’t be there. There was just something...off about it. Something not right. He tried to sound casual and confident. “We’ll figure it out.”

“Do you think it could be, like a poisonous gas or something?” Radar asked. “A chemical attack?”

“You know I was in the military, right?” Griffin asked. Both kids nodded. “I can promise you both, Refuge has absolutely no strategic value. If there were a nuclear war, this would be one of the few places left untouched on the planet. Why do you think they named it Refuge?”

Radar half smiled. “I guess.”

“Might want to get inside soon, though,” Griffin advised. “Won’t be long before people start driving back from Ashland.”

“We were watching for headlights,” Lisa said, standing behind Radar. Her cheeks were flushed with embarrassment. Watching for headlights wasn’t the only thing these two were doing inside the rhododendron. But it explained how he was able to sneak up on them. He smiled without realizing it.

“What is it?” Radar asked, sounding nervous, like he’d been caught doing something, which in a sense, he had been.

“Just realized I’ve seen you two playing inside and around that bush for most of your lives.”

Radar looked back at the big plant, then at Lisa. “Yeah...”

“Of course, I’ve never seen you come out looking so guilty.” Before Radar could react, Griffin burst out laughing. After everything that had happened that night, with Avalon, with the bell, and the stars, he needed a release and found it by teasing Radar.

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