Slayer: A Demon Hunter's Tale by Nick Cranford

Author:Nick Cranford [Cranford, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

John rolled over on the couch and faced the ceiling. Unfortunately for him, the flat white above offered no more repose than the TV had moments before. He sighed heavily and attempted to lean farther back into the pillows, hoping that somehow he might disappear within them. The room was quiet with the TV muted. The news had been on to give him something to take his mind off of things, but only made it worse when a story came on about a mysterious fire in an abandoned building the day before. No matter what John did, he couldn’t keep his mind from going back over everything. He lay there staring at the white ceiling as images flashed through his mind. He saw the Hellhound before him again, and could hear Emily’s voice in the back of his mind. He watched the whole scene play out again for the hundredth time before Aerin filled his thoughts.

He had rushed her back as quickly as he could, narrowly avoiding the dozen or so police cars and other first responders arriving at the scene of the fire. Meredith had already been waiting at the front door the moment he arrived. After carrying her to the infirmary and watching over Aerin herself, Meredith gave John a harsh scolding. He couldn’t remember what exactly was said; something about irresponsibility and acting without thinking. Half of it had been said in anger, so she probably didn’t mean it all, John didn’t know, he was too concerned with Aerin’s wellbeing to care. After the small Angel finished shouting at him, John had remembered the hard drive he and Aerin had taken from the computer. Once he explained where it had come from, the small girl took it away and retreated to her office upstairs, leaving John alone in the infirmary hallway.

Samuel approached him shortly thereafter and asked for a proper explanation. He had sensed that Heaven’s Fury had been used, and wanted to know every detail. John recounted everything that had happened leading up to that point. He struggled over the bits with Emily and Samuel waited patiently for him to speak. To John’s surprise, Samuel was far more understanding than he had expected. He had spoken something philosophical about the matter, but it didn’t stick. No matter how hard John tried to remember what he had said, it wouldn’t come.

With an empathetic look, Samuel had left John alone again. He eventually made his way to Aerin’s side; there he stayed until early morning when Meredith returned. She ushered him out, ordering him to go back to his room to sleep, stating something along the lines of “a weak Slayer is a dead Slayer” or something to that extent. Unfortunately, John didn’t get much sleep that night. He had lain awake until the sun began peeping through the curtains before his eyes finally closed.

John shifted around on the couch once more. The once soft cushions he was used to, were now feeling strangely hard, and the quiet of the room did him no good.

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