The Killing Pit by Wes Markin

Author:Wes Markin [Markin, Wes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798698484165
Publisher: Dark Heart Publishing
Published: 2021-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

Peter studied the photograph of Prince and ran his fingers over the lab retriever’s face. Then he threw it on the passenger seat, took another slug of Old Crow from a bottle and started his pickup’s engine. “You’re a fucking madman, Sheenan,” he said and drove back toward Sharon’s Edge.

Along the way, he avoided glimpsing the River Skweda. His ancestors wouldn’t agree with his chosen path, and he had no time to deal with the shame.

When he arrived at the makeshift parking lot in the industrial estate, he saw it had emptied. He wondered, briefly, if a full house would have stopped him.

He doubted it.

From the back of his pickup, he took a can of gasoline and his rifle. He approached the building, which no longer glowed and was eerily silent following the whooping and cheering that had sickened him to the stomach earlier. After all that Old Crow, Peter knew he should have been staggering, but a combination of adrenaline and determination coursed through his veins and straightened his gait.

As a Vietnam soldier, he’d never needed to put himself in this kind of danger. His canine companion could always go on ahead and identify the risks. But that was another time. Those companions were long gone, following the ultimate betrayal by his own country.

Seeing these beautiful animals suffer again at the hands of Americans was unbearable. He was under no illusions. The consequences of his actions tonight would be swift and brutal, but he was an old man nearing the end of his days anyway, and, if he could just deliver one final blow in the name of this tortured species that had saved his life on so many occasions, then so be it.

Following his assumption that everyone had left, he was surprised and anxious to find the corrugated metal door unchained. Also, a dim light surrounded the edge of the door, suggesting someone was in the old waiting room. He set the can at his feet, readied his rifle and opened the door.

In the center of the room, Ayden MacLeoid was lying naked on the floor. He sat upright. “What the hell? We’re closed!”

Peter lifted the rifle, closed one eye and attempted to take aim.

Ayden held out his palms. “Shit … What do you want?”

Peter tried to steady his aim, but whereas the adrenaline had helped keep him surefooted outside, it was a hindrance now. He couldn’t keep the gun level.

“Money? I can get it from the back for―”

“Stop fucking pleading with me, you spineless shit. You’re monsters, all of you. I’m here to burn down this place, and you can go with it―” He felt a crushing blow to the back of his head. Everything flashed. He managed to fire his rifle as he went to his knees. The second blow was to the center of his back, and this sent him face first onto the solid ground. He’d be surprised if it hadn’t cost him some teeth. He looked up and saw, predictably, that his bullet had missed Ayden.

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