The Facetakers: Special edition of books 1 and 2 combined by Frank Morin

Author:Frank Morin [Morin, Frank]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Supernatural thriller, fantasy thriller, Fantasy, Thriller
Publisher: Whipsaw Press
Published: 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 57

All you need is love. But a little chocolate and a new rune now and then doesn’t hurt.

~Zuri, facetaker council member

Sarah rushed to Tomas and dropped to her knees beside him. His body shook with agony, and sweat dripped from his bowed head. His eyes were clenched shut, and he breathed slow and shallow. His skin looked pale, and felt cool and clammy when she touched him.

“Oh, Tomas, I’m so sorry,” she whispered. Seeing him in such pain, dying, tore at her heart.

He tipped his head up and opened his eyes. “I don’t feel so good.”

She wasn’t sure if she should laugh or cry, so she kissed his cheek. “What do I do?”

“We have to get out of here,” he mumbled as his head sagged toward the ground again. “Police will be here soon.”

“We need help,” she said. “Maybe—”

“No,” he interrupted. “You heard her. She’ll kill us both.”

“We have to do something,” she cried. She refused to accept Mai Luan’s order that she sit around and wait for Tomas to die.

“Yes,” he whispered, face clenched against the pain. “But not that. Help me up.”

Sarah pulled one of his arms over her shoulder and heaved him to his feet. He groaned through clenched teeth and every breath hissed with pain as the movements tore at his wound.

“Should we remove that?” Sarah asked, pointing at the knife.

“Not yet. I’d bleed out faster.”

Sarah tried to move slow, smooth, but Tomas was heavy, unwieldy, and his feet stumbled along, barely helping her keep him upright. Every wince he made heightened her worry, but they had to move. If he fell, she’d never lift him. It seemed to take forever to cross the small back yard to the gate in the high wooden fence.

“Where to?” she asked through panting breaths.

Sirens wailed in the distance, coming fast. For the first time she noticed smoke in the air that didn’t smell like gunpowder. The explosion at the apartment must have started a fire.

“The police are coming,” she said.

They could provide medical help. The temptation to rush around the building and flag them down was nearly overwhelming. They could help save Tomas. Only Mai Luan’s threat of inflicting even greater torture on him if she did that kept her from trying.

“Keep going,” Tomas grunted through gritted teeth. “Not far.”

She nearly dropped him before she managed to open the gate, and he bit back a cry of pain when he lurched and nearly fell. He smelled like sweat and blood, and his blood coated her clothing and hands. It was hot and sticky, and if she wasn’t so worried, she would’ve shrieked from the feel of it.

“There,” he said between breaths. “Silver SUV. Carport.”

She hadn’t known they had access to a car. The parking spot wasn’t adjacent to the house, so she hadn’t paid it any attention.

Thankfully it was parked close behind the rear gate and no one was around. The local residents were either all out gawking at the fire, or at least smart enough to avoid the area of so many gunshots.

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