Serpentine by Napier Barry

Author:Napier, Barry [Napier, Barry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2016-01-10T18:30:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

Joe had it bad. He hated to admit it, but he had it really bad.

He had it so bad that as he strolled down Kerr Lane with the weight of the night pressing down on him, he didn’t pay attention to his surroundings as he had done on his first trek out at night. Instead, he was looking at his cell phone. The white light bounced up into his face and anyone that might have passed him (which was no one, as it was 11:30 at night) might have thought he looked like a phantom.

He was looking at the screen and reading the text message he had received half an hour ago. It had come from Valerie and read: Can you meet me at the shack?

Mac had been asleep when his phone had buzzed by his bedside. He had almost been asleep himself; the only thing that had kept him awake was thinking of Valerie. So when he received the text, he’d wasted no time. He was dressed and had his shoes on within two minutes. He’d then sat on the bed and listened to some music. He thought about texting Ricky Marshall to let him know that he could go see Devilsgut as much as he wanted. Meanwhile, he, Joe, would be meeting up with a beautiful girl in the middle of a humid summer night.

Joe had made his exit the same way he had before. He didn’t much care if he woke Mac this time. She was in on the secret now and he doubted she’d do anything to mess it up. It made her feel special, almost like a big kid. She hadn’t come out and said this, but Joe could tell.

He came to the spot where the little footpath started, shining his phone towards it to make sure he was in the right spot. He recalled what Valerie had done the last time he’d come out here to meet her, creeping up on him from behind and scaring the hell out of him. He didn’t think she’d do it again, but he wasn’t sure. He looked around cautiously and then headed down the path.

He’d been too excited about seeing Valerie to allow thoughts of the monster to slow him down. But now, as the trees started to crowd in around him, Joe began to feel fear for the first time since slipping out of the bedroom window. He hurried down the path until the dark shadowed shape of the cabin came into view. He headed directly for it, suddenly certain that the thing from the water was waiting for him in the leaves or maybe even over his head, waiting in the branches to leap down on him with its dark mouth and slimy underside.

“Hey there,” came a voice.

It was soft and sweet and instantly recognizable, but Joe jumped anyway. He stopped walking and looked ahead. He could just barely see Valerie’s shape against the side of the cabin. She was walking towards him and as

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