Scythe by Mercy Hollow

Author:Mercy Hollow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dark Daydreams Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

REV CRACKED SLY’S door open. A beam of light cut across the room. Dust particles danced in the brightness. He braced himself for the stench of used whiskey, but the scent was dark and spicy, like carbonized iron. A chill ran through him, and he stepped back.

“Sly?” He eased into the room.

The place was the same, mattress and box spring, walls blank, the room bare except for a few shelves of clothes and several half-full boxes. The blanket was crumpled on the bed. Rev slid it off. The sheet was soaked through with blood.

“Holy shit.” Rev rushed to the bedroom door, but stopped. Water ran in the shower. He looked from the blood-soaked bed to the closed washroom door. “Sly?” he whispered. He nudged the door open. A wet chill rushed out, the hiss of water on plastic louder in his ears. Behind the curtain, a set of feet stuck out on the shower floor. He stepped in further. Legs in wet sweatpants were propped against the shower wall, the cloth plastered to bent knees.

Ice-cold mist prickled Rev’s skin. He edged back the curtain.

Sly was slumped on the floor of the stall, lifeless, eyes closed, under the cold spray, a torn blood-stained shirt draped over his chest, his face pale, his head limp against the shower wall. His hands lay palms up in a puddle in the basin.

“Sly?”

There was no response.

He stepped closer and extended his hand. “Sly?” The tips of his fingers quivered within an inch of his roommate’s wet, motionless shoulder. “Fuck, man. What happened?”

Sly’s eyes popped open. “Somebody fucking stabbed me.”

Rev startled, stumbled into the toilet, and fell to the floor.

The deep blue in Sly’s eyes had drained to the color of ice.

“Holy crap.” Rev crawled over to him. “Oh, God. I thought you were dead.”

Sly lowered his head and clutched his face. “I think I am.”

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