Sanctuary's Fiend by Andrew Lynch

Author:Andrew Lynch [Lynch, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780993589225
Publisher: Andrew Lynch
Published: 2016-10-28T22:00:00+00:00

I jerked my head up off my chest. I had no idea how long I’d been asleep, but my cheeks were damp. I must have cried while I slept.

Something had woken me. The sound of feet kicking aside leaves from outside. People were coming into the bunker.

Jeez, The Grind would have to open a shop here, it was getting so much use. So much for peace, quiet, and safety. Was it going to be Ariel again? Maybe Erin? I hoped it wasn’t Johnny. I really couldn’t handle him right now.

“What’s this place?” said a girl’s voice.

Oh God. I changed my mind. Johnny would have been much better than this.

“I dunno, some old building,” Sasha said, in answer to Jessica’s question.

“Let’s look around,” Jessica said.

“Nah. It’s too dark in there. And we’re not far enough away. Let’s keep walking.”

Yes, good, keep walking. Perfect.

I heard some more rustling before Jessica said, “Yay! Already thought of that!” A beam of light pierced the darkness of the bunker. “I saw this last time, and I figured next time we could go exploring.”

Sasha made a bored noise implying that she was very unconvinced.

Damn it. Just what I needed right now. I was sat in a corner of a dark abandoned building, with two high school cheerleaders about to find me breaking up walls and itching to bite them. If SCIM wasn’t already going to track me down because of Rick, then this was almost enough on its own to make them want to give me a stern talking to.

Okay, which would be better? If I tried to hide and they found me, or if I made myself known before they stumbled over me? Nope, I wasn’t ready to start fulfilling all of the vampire clichés and lose control, attacking them from the darkness of an abandoned building.

“Hey guys!”

They both screamed.

Okay, that was about what I expected.

“It’s a ghost!” Jessica shrieked from just outside.

They had both been standing at the top of the stairs, and I guess had just jumped back out of the door when they heard me.

“Ghosts don’t exist. It’s probably just some weird homeless guy.”

They pointed the flashlight back in and waveringly centered it on me.

I waved at them apologetically.

“Is that…?” Sasha sounded appalled. “Oh my God, it is. And she’s covered in dirt up to her elbows. Let’s leave the dirty little monster alone.”

Dirt? I looked at my hands. They were still covered in Rick’s blood. I hid them behind my back. I needed to keep myself together.

Jessica hit Sasha on the shoulder. “Be nice.” Then she turned to me. “Hey, Rellie. What are you doing here? It’s a bit creepy.”

“Rel is fine,” I muttered. “Nothing much. I just found it and thought I’d look around.” Even to me that sounded lame.

Jessica stepped down into the bunker, dragging Sasha by the hand.

“No. Let’s go,” Sasha whispered to Jessica.

Jessica turned to her and said through gritted teeth, “We’re being nice to people. Deal with it.”

These two had such a weird friendship. I totally didn’t get them.

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