The Mark of the Damned by Daniel Willcocks

Author:Daniel Willcocks [Willcocks, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781701019836
Publisher: Hawk & Cleaver
Published: 2019-10-24T22:00:00+00:00

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A little over four weeks since Quinton’s first encounter with his father and – what he’d since come to call the creature in the void – the ‘Damned’, Quinton found himself sat inside the cold white walls of the doctor’s office once more.

Sarah looked radiant, as always. Her blonde hair was bunched into a messy ponytail. Her eyes were keen and brighter than ever. Golden bars of light spilled into the office, illuminating the dust which danced and swirled in the air, several beams catching her hair and giving her an almost angelic look.

Nothing angelic going on here, though, is there?

She took deep breaths, her fingers intertwined with his. Her lips silently moved as she repeatedly whispered her mantra. “It’s got to be, please. Please, God. It’s got to be…”

The doctor came back a few minutes later with his pad and the pregnancy test Sarah had taken. He smiled internally, already knowing what the test would say. They had already tried over half a dozen brands over the last few days, and science did not lie.

Nor did the supernatural powers of an unholy being who granted your every wish in exchange for servitude to pass beyond the realms of normality and into the land of the mortals.

“Well? What does it say?” Sarah asked.

The doctor grinned. “Congratulations, Miss Eton. You’re pregnant.”

Sarah’s face dropped. Tears sprung out like fountains. Her whole body shook. Quinton did his best to fake his surprise, not that she would even have noticed between the blurry visage of her eyes.

An hour later and they sat in Sarah’s favorite coffee shop. A little bistro by the name of ‘Home on the Range.’ A place whose trade had been quiet and slow for years, but had since experienced a large upsurge in customers thanks to the rise of the vegan and ‘free-from’ trends. Home on the Range had always made their products using only the most eco-friendly methods. Little did they know how ahead of the times they had been and how patience would pay them dividends.

“It’s impossible,” Sarah said, a small chuckle escaping her lips. Her shaking hands grasped both sides of her mug, a perfect foam heart decorated the top of her coffee. “I mean… it is, isn’t it? We were told it would never happen.”

“We were told it’s likely it would never happen,” Quinton said, reaching across and taking her hand in his. Her skin was soft, so thin it was almost translucent. Even from across the table he could smell the intoxicating scent of her perfume. “But people have beaten worse odds. Think of the amount of people who get paralyzed and are told they will never walk again, only to recover a few months later. Or the amount of people who wake from comas every day.”

“They’re cheery examples,” she giggled.

“It’s all medicine, isn’t it?” Quinton said. “I guess it just goes to show that miracles can come true. Even for us.”

Sarah stared down at where the baby was growing. Flat as a pancake. It seemed impossible that there was really life growing somewhere deep inside.

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