The Faithful by Wylde Nora

Author:Wylde, Nora [Wylde, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Forrest & Finley
Published: 2015-02-15T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Abby

She woke to the sound of angry voices. Her vision was still swimming when she cracked open her eyes, and she could see she was lying on a plush couch next to a warm fire. The voices emanated from the opposite side of the couch, two male voices that she eventually recognized as Sam and Daren.

“I don’t know who she is!” Sam said.

“She’s not human. Maybe she’s a spy? He’s been known to play tricks like that before, right?” Daren answered.

Instead of sitting up, she opened her eyes just enough to see them. The events of the evening came rushing back in a jumbled blur, from the strange lecture Sam gave her about forgetting what Daren had done to the impossible scene she had witnessed in the alley. With those images burned into her mind, she was afraid to reveal she was awake.

“No, she’s human. I remember Lee bringing her home from the hospital with his wife when she was born. Besides,” Sam added with a glance at the sky, “He doesn’t have any reason to spy on us. We’ve followed his rules. There must be some other explanation.”

“A human who can see us without going stir-crazy?” Daren said with an unamused laugh. “Not possible. If she’s human, then I’m the tooth fairy.”

“It doesn’t matter. When she wakes up, I’ll fix this, and everything will be fine.”

“You already tried to enthrall her. What makes you think it will work now?”

Sam paused before he spoke and she closed her eyes. She sensed his presence over her, the weight of his shadow casting a heaviness over her even though her eyes were squeezed shut.

“It has to work. And if it doesn’t, then I’ll have to take care of her…permanently.”

The declaration sent her senses firing off in all directions, the urge to flee from danger suddenly screaming in her ears. Had he really just issued a threat toward her, or was this all some sick twist of her obviously overwrought imagination? She was not willing to stick around to find out.

When she heard Sam and Daren retreat to the kitchen she found her chance. She peered out through narrowed eyelids to get her bearings, noting that the front door as only a few feet away. In a fluid motion she jumped to her feet and darted toward the door, uttering a sigh of relief when she pulled it open and got a view of the front yard.

As she stuck one foot out she was suddenly snatched backward, the door was slammed, and her body was flung up against the wall.

“Wait just a second now!” Sam growled. The wind rushed from her lungs at the impact making it impossible to speak. All she could manage was to let out a startled squeak as Sam stared down at her. How had he moved so fast?

She jerked her knee upwards, ready to slam him where it would hurt the most, but he anticipated her motion and grabbed her by the chin. He twisted her face upwards while he deflected her blow with his knee.

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