They Feed by Jason Parent

Author:Jason Parent [Parent, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944044671
Google: swyKtAEACAAJ
Amazon: B07BHDDBXJ
Publisher: Sinister Grin Press
Published: 2018-04-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“The noise… they’ve stopped.”

Tyler listened. Dakota was right. If the creatures were still outside, they were taking a break, hiding maybe, waiting. He didn’t like them scratching at the walls. He didn’t like them silent either.

“Do you think they’re gone?” Dakota asked no one in particular.

“Why don’t you go check?” Mark grinned. His incisor bit into his lower lip.

Dakota stormed over to him. “Why don’t you? A dirtbag like you would probably find himself in good company.”

Not a very impressive comeback.

Mark didn’t even flinch. He chuckled, evidently enjoying his ability to get under her skin. Whatever history existed between them, Tyler didn’t know or care. It suited him to have Dakota’s wrath momentarily redirected, though their bickering helped no one—and it was noisy. If the creatures had left, the last thing Tyler wanted was for some loud conversation to draw them back.

You know they’ll be back, his father’s voice chided. None of your new friends are getting out of here alive.

“Enough.” Merwin’s command summoned his attention. The ranger sounded like a real father should when disciplining his naughty children. Tyler nodded his agreement even though he hadn’t been part of the confrontation. Dakota crossed her arms and pressed her lips shut. Mark just laughed, but he didn’t fool Tyler with his tough-guy act.

They won’t last the night.

“Well, the bitch is right about one thing,” Mark said. “One of us should check if the coast is clear.”

Tyler was quick to note that Mark had not volunteered. Tyler didn’t volunteer either. Where was the sense in it? Whoever went out there was dead, plain and simple. Maybe the slug things would attack the first person to step outside, or maybe they’d wait until more followed. Either way, dead was dead.

They’re dead anyway. It doesn’t matter if it happens outside or inside. How Tyler wished his father would shut the hell up. He was wrong. He had to be. For whatever reason, the creatures weren’t coming into the shack. As long as the slug-leech purple people eaters stayed outside and the humans stayed inside, the humans stayed safe. Why upset the balance?

Dakota surprised him. “I’ll do it.” She headed toward the door.

Tyler started to move, but Merwin already blocked her path. “I wouldn’t. Those things… they aren’t natural. It’s probably best we wait out the night.”

Dakota set her jaw, grumbled, “Cowards,” and followed it with a few muttered curses. The hate flamed in her eyes again, but at least this time, it seemed directed at everyone in the cabin, not just Tyler.

He chuckled. A room full of men, and she’s the only one who has any balls.

Dakota shoved her way past Merwin. Tyler followed her movements as if watching a silent film in slow motion. She reached for the doorknob. Spots of silver shimmered across a field of rust. Their twinkling glimmer had her in a tractor beam. The knob disappeared into her hand. She turned her wrist.

“Don’t open it!” Abigail cried from the floor, scaring the shit out of Tyler. He wasn’t the only person to jump.

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