Weeping Moon by Sara Clancy

Author:Sara Clancy [Clancy, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ScareStreet.com
Published: 2019-03-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Benton reached out, grabbed Nicole’s jumping knee, and pushed it down. She threw him a questioning look but kept her leg still. You’d think she was the one facing the inquisition, he thought.

It was both intimidating and infuriating that none of them seemed to know what they were doing. Their willingness to believe in the paranormal apparently didn’t stem from actual experience. So they followed the path Nicole had caved months ago; blindly assuming that Benton had all the answers. It didn’t do much to smooth over the mutual resentment that was brewing between them.

“You want us to believe that you have no idea what you are?”

Benton had only just met Daniel, but he already knew that the old man was going to be his biggest problem. There was pure hatred in the man’s dark eyes. Where it came from, Benton wasn’t sure, but it was clear Daniel’s mind was set.

“You’re not going to answer?” Daniel snapped.

“You’ve asked me the same question eight different ways,” Benton said. “My answer hasn’t changed.”

Nicole squeezed Benton’s hand and flashed her best ‘beauty pageant’ smile. “How can anyone know their history if they’re never told it?”

“And his parents never told him?” Daniel challenged.

“They refuse to admit he’s anything other than human,” she insisted. “I’ve seen it myself. They’re giving new meaning to the word ‘denial’.”

“What do they think his dreams are?”

“Meaningless,” Benton answered.

Daniel looked to the other elders in frustration. “Who in their right mind can hear the sounds he makes and believe him human?”

“White people,” Nicole shrugged. She quickly snuck a glance at him. “No offense.”

“None taken,” he whispered back.

It was clear by the grunted intake of breath that the conversation had gone full circle and Daniel was about to ask the same question again. Nicole cut in swiftly.

“With all due respect, I think we’re not focusing on what’s important. Whatever attacked us is still out there. It’s clearly dangerous.”

“It left at dawn,” Daniel dismissed. “It obviously can’t hunt during the day.”

“And what are we going to do at sunset?” Nicole asked, her voice as sweet as honey.

Hesitating, Daniel looked to the others. They were just as clueless. They don’t know what it is, either, Benton realized. Whatever satisfaction there could have been in that was lost to the knowledge that they had something else to deal with first. And, since no one had mentioned it yet, it seemed it was up to him.

“Has anyone taken care of the corpse?”

His question was met with tense, almost disgusted silence. Benton looked at them each in turn.

“Whatever she is, she killed that guy. Pretty soon, people are going to be getting up. Tourists will be coming and going. Seems like we should make sure he’s out of sight.” Benton shrugged. “You know, might be a bit problematic. I’ve been told children aren’t supposed to see stuff like that.”

Once more, a few people found it easier to lash out rather than deal with the grisly truth.

“Oh, that’s something you’ve been told, is it?” Daniel snarked.

“I’ve been seeing stuff like this since I was younger than Adam.

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