Whisper (Whisper Trilogy Book 1) by Michael Bray

Author:Michael Bray [Bray, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Haunted House, ghost, uk horror, british horror
Publisher: Horrific Tales Publishing
Published: 2013-07-29T23:00:00+00:00

Forget the phone! Just get the keys and get the fuck out of here!

Now that it had found its voice, her inner monologue was desperate to make itself heard, and in this instance, she decided it was right. Forget the needless risk of a diversion upstairs, she would drive to the village and call for help from there. It was stupid to be in the house any longer than she had to be. She…

She heard a stealthy thud.

Her brain told her it could be any number of things. The house settling, perhaps an unbalanced book falling over or a million other perfectly normal things. However, that had been before Donovan had tried to rape her.

She thought the sound had come from upstairs, but she couldn’t be certain. All she knew was that she wasn’t alone. She wasn’t sure how she knew—she just did. Maybe it was some kind of untapped sixth sense, or possibly those self-preservation skills making themselves useful. Whatever it was, she knew that she would be a fool to ignore it. That was how people got themselves killed.

She inched forwards, eyes focused on the sitting room at the end of the hall. She could just see the edge of the small table by the front door where her car keys were kept, but to get there meant possibly revealing herself to anybody lying in wait.

She heard it again, an almost inaudible noise. A subtle, dragging thump, which could have been anything or nothing. Tightening her grip on the knife, she walked quickly, keeping her eyes focused on the front door.

She saw a figure out of the corner of her eye as she passed the staircase. It was on its way down, and almost clattered into her as she passed. She screamed and lunged out with the knife, registering that she had made contact even as she made to run.

She stumbled, banging her shoulder painfully on the door jamb and by chance finding herself in the same position as she’d been during Donovan’s first attack. She would have screamed, but there was nobody around to hear her. Instead, she closed her eyes where she cowered and waited for the attack to come.

“Melody?”

The voice, however shocked, was familiar. She looked up, and her relief was immediate.

“Steve!” she blurted, launching to her feet and hugging him tight.

“What the hell’s going on here? I…”

He held her at arm’s length, seeing immediately that something was wrong. She couldn’t even begin to imagine how she must look. If it was even half as bad as she felt, then she knew it must be pretty awful.

“What happened? Who did this to you?”

She didn’t answer, and could only sob as he held her awkwardly by one arm, his other one cut across the palm where she’d lashed out with the knife.

“Melody, talk to me. What’s going on?”

Although she’d already decided not to tell him what had happened, the words were out before she could stop them.

“I thought you were him, I …he. He tried to rape me!”

He cupped her swelling face gently in his one good hand, and looked her in the eye.

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