The Haunting of Rachel Harroway- Book 1 by J.S Donovan

Author:J.S Donovan [Donovan, J.S]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Rachel could feel Maxine, understand her thoughts, see what she saw, taste what she ate but had no control. She was a watcher. A visitor in the girl’s final moments of life.

School was out and the rest of the students were headed out the front doors, chatting up a storm. Maxine walked alone. Annabelle was going home with Duncan, and Timothy was avoiding her since their first date last week. I must’ve said something wrong, she thought as she walked down the road.

Highlands had been her home since she was six, and it seemed like every day she found another trail or path that led to some hidden spot, i.e. a massive, mossy rock structure or a small creek with tadpoles and minnows. As much as the biology intrigued her, Maxine’s mind found its way to the upcoming SAT and ACT. Throughout her last years of high school, standardized testing had sapped away much of her life. She would’ve rather spent that time enjoying the sights and activities of her youth, but her parents forbade it. They saved up for her to go to med school, and they were going to make her do it. Maxine kicked a stone, wondering what she really wanted to do with her life.

She wandered up the road, avoiding an oncoming car, and hiked through the woods. It was the quickest route to Satulah Road, where her home was. The chilly breeze and rattling leaves gave her chills. The news report about those girls’ bones turned the scenic shortcut into an ominous deathtrap. She shook her head. Mom’s right. I need to stop watching scary movies. The straggly game trail ended at the proper street. She noticed an old car parked off to the side of the road. The radio was on, reporting the news of the girls’ bones, but there was no one inside.

Weird. Maxine jogged past the vehicle and farther up the winding road. Her home wasn’t far. Perhaps a quarter mile. She heard pattering behind her. She twisted back, but a sharp pinch in her neck caused her to stagger. In her peripherals, she noticed a gloved hand and a needle. Heart racing, she pushed herself away from the stranger but then found her arms and legs failing. The world spun and the ground shook. Within seconds, Maxine Gunther was unconscious.

She jutted up from the inside of the trunk, knocking the cracked door open with the top of her head. Stars blanketed the sky. Sounds of nature could be heard in the dark canopy behind. Where am I? She rubbed her scalp. First she felt confusion, but fear followed.

“Hello? Anybody out there?”

The wind replied with a soft whisper.

Maxine hugged her chest and waited for her eyes to adjust before climbing out of the trunk. Her bear feet hit the dirt. Where are my shoes? She twisted back to the trunk and saw the flashlight tucked in the back. She picked it up and blasted the light up to her face, blinding her temporarily.

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