The Land of the Dead by R W Ridley

Author:R W Ridley [Ridley, R W]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Young Adult, C429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9780979206733
Publisher: Middlebury House Publishing
Published: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I stopped in the master bedroom on the second floor before going back up to the fourth floor. I felt like my best bet was to write a brief note explaining the pact to Archie. That way, I wouldn’t have to get involved in any long conversations that would test my need to feed.

I rifled through the drawers of the dresser and didn’t find anything to write with or on. I looked in every nook and cranny and directed Kimball to sniff around. I was fairly certain he didn’t understand me, but you never knew in this backwards universe. Maybe Kimball did understand English. I wouldn’t have been surprised if he just started talking one day.

I found a closet in the back of the room. I hesitated before opening it. There was a very real possibility that I would be extremely sorry that I opened the door to the closet. As I said, you just didn’t know what you were going to find in this universe. I held my breath, opened the door, and quickly stepped back in a crouching position. Nothing. I breathed out and slowly poked my head past the doorway. It was a big closet. Not as big as some of those fancy walk-in closets I used to see on T V, but it was big enough for a safe and three filing cabinets.

I whistled for Kimball, and he came running over. “Stay here. Watch the door.”

He tilted his head and then panted, revealing a soothing canine smile. I patted him on the head and stepped into the closet. I opened the top drawer of the first filing cabinet and found nothing but files, mostly maintenance records. I opened the second drawer and found files filled with photos. I started looking through them. I’m not exactly sure why, but I felt the need. If I had been paying attention, I would have noticed the light slowly getting dimmer in the closet, but for some reason I was fixated on the pictures. Most of the pictures were just photos of the grounds at the mansion.

I turned to the door. “Kimball…” I heard a bark just before the door slammed shut.

I felt the breath of a disembodied child on my earlobe as it said, “The boogeyman got him.”

A brilliant flash of light momentarily blinded me. It took several seconds for my eyes to adjust and refocus. As things cleared, it became apparent to me that I was no longer in the closet. I was in a poorly lit hallway.

The short red and brown carpet was marked by the impressions of little footprints. I heard the sound of children laughing close by. I followed the prints down the hallway with my eyes until they rounded the corner. I had no interest in following them because I was back in the Land of the Dead, and that could mean only one thing. I was here to witness something I had no power to stop.

The dead boy stepped out of a darkened doorway just beyond the entrance of the adjoining hallway.

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