The Killing Tide by Jonathan Daniel

Author:Jonathan Daniel [Daniel, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jonathan Daniel

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The soft chime of her phone alarm pulled Sophie from a deep and restless sleep, plagued by dreams where she watched Colin being chased by a dark and menacing figure through tight hallways of an old house. She ran after them, calling Colin’s name, terrified of what would happen if the shadow caught up to him and, worse, what it would do to her when it was finished.

Sophie slapped at the screen of her phone, silencing the music. She lay in place for a moment, rubbed her eyes, and breathed heavily. Sleep pulled at her with warm, sugary arms, entreating her to forget what she needed to do, just roll over and fall back into the thick comfort of the mattress and sheets. With a groan, she managed to sit up, then stand, breaking the spell and freeing her mind to focus on what she needed to do.

Within minutes she was dressed again and creeping out into the hall. She paused after closing her door, her eyes falling on Colin’s door. Sophie felt a pang run through her, hurting her very soul at the thought of Colin and Laney tangled in each other’s arms.

She swallowed down her anger and refocused. Sophie turned and made her way down the hall and into the living room where the almost guttural sounds of Duncan snoring filled the blackness. She remembered he and Walter playing rock, paper, scissors to see who got the third bedroom and who got the couch. Duncan’s snoring paused as Sophie entered the space, and she froze, terrified that he would wake and see her. If he did, he would insist on going with her.

The snoring resumed. Sophie let out a breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding, and worked her way to the dining table where she—by light of her phone—scrawled a quick note to the others, then plucked one of the sets of keys from the black, mirrored key rack mounted to the wall just to the left of the door. With the quiet of a church mouse, Sophie exited the apartment, locked the door behind her, and stepped out into the cold pre-dawn air.

Her breath plumed before her as she walked to the parking lot, searching for the car that belonged to the keys she’d picked up. She had to hand it to the Dempsey’s, they were extremely well prepared. She pressed a button on the keychain and smiled as the lights to a two door BMW convertible flashed in response.

Twenty minutes later, she pulled into her own driveway. As she exited the BMW, she glanced around at the houses around her. All were dark, but she knew that they wouldn’t stay that way for long. It was a workday and people, especially the early risers, would be up and puttering about in the next couple of hours. She retrieved her spare key from its hiding place among the bushes and unlocked the door. Although there was no threat from her neighbors—none of them worked for Krydon,

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