Where Wolves Run: A Novella of Horror by Jason Parent

Author:Jason Parent [Parent, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Corpus Press
Published: 2016-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

10.

Konrad rose early the next morning. Lingering dreams filled with fangs and mutilation left him sullen and anxious. He rubbed his eyes. The room was empty except for Joren, whose snores whistled through his nostrils. His father had not returned.

He still has hours before he is due back, he thought, trying to calm his fears with the blandness of rationality. Sunset was many hours off. The full moon would rise in due course, no sooner.

Konrad passed his prisoner on his way out of the house. Joren’s breathing had gone silent, still as the dead. Konrad was content enough that the man-beast’s eyes were closed, those shimmering golden orbs that worked their feral nature into Konrad’s soul. God, how he hated those eyes! Just then, he wished Father had cut them out.

As he went about his tasks, Konrad’s thoughts were always upon that revolving ball of fire the sky. It rose too high, too quickly. He plodded along methodically, willing his father’s speedy return. His mind conjured disturbing images of what he would have to do should Father not return before dusk.

His dagger hung heavy at his hip. Sheathed in leather, the silver blade hid untarnished, at least not by Konrad. He loathed the thought of using it and wondered how many times it had already been used.

Revenge was a universal desire. But enacting it, murdering someone, was a man’s game. As much as Konrad liked to think himself grown up, his father was right: his growing had some growing to do. More than ever, he felt like a boy, scared of what he must do and terrified of the consequences should he fail to do it. His fate would be determined that night. The moon would make him a man, or it would make him dead.

Where have you gone, Father? Why have you abandoned me . . . again?

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