Widowmakers: A Benefit Anthology of Dark Fiction by James Newman Benefit Anthology

Author:James Newman Benefit Anthology
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi
Publisher: Widowmaker Press
Published: 2014-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four: Faith

They stood in the darkness and stared together at the skies. The clouds were low enough to damned near touch and the wind was blowing steadily from the west, lifting their hair and flipping the strands, whipping the edges of their clothes in a constant frenzy.

None of them spoke at first. They just watched as the clouds roiled and seethed and then, finally, the first flashes of distant lightning licked the heavens.

Stephen moved a few feet to the left and checked on his camera. The settings were the same as before. He always fretted. The chances of capturing the images he wanted were slim enough already, but if the settings were wrong none of the pictures would turn out right.

Faith stared at the sky and licked her lips nervously. Tim stared at her, his eyes wide with a sense of wonder and a growing desire. Had anyone asked him if he loved her he would have said no. Most of the time he would have been telling the truth. When the lightning came, however, his heart made him a liar.

Faith was a beautiful girl, no two ways about it, but there was something spectacular, overwhelmingly different about her when the storms came. There was something…divine about her.

He loved her with all of his heart when the storms roared through the heavens. At those times her very pulse matched the thunder. Sounded crazy, but it was true. They’d tested it more than once.

Faith’s presence changed the nature of the weather. The storms were stronger when she was around, the wind was harsher the rains more intense, and the lightning, oh, the lightning. It flashed and strobed and damned near screamed when Faith stood outside.

Tim’s skin tingled and he stared up toward the sky as the first fat drops of rain started falling. Stephen turned the camera slightly; the tarp over the actual lens fluttered slightly in the growing winds, but was well secured.

Faith closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. Her full lips twitched slightly, almost pulling into a smile, but she stopped herself from showing that much emotion. She was careful, always so careful about how much she let show. One of the most amazing girls either of the boys had ever known, friendly and cheerful and always so much more…there…than other girls, but still she held herself in check most times, like she was afraid to show too much of herself.

“Can you do it, Faith?” Stephen’s voice was almost stolen by the wind, but she looked his way and nodded.

Her teeth worried her lower lip for a second and then she nodded again. “I think so.” Her blue eyes looked around for a moment and finally fixed on a tree halfway down the hill. “Aim there.”

Stephen nodded his head and took careful aim, focusing the long-range lens until he had the best possible angle on the tree and the surroundings.

Tim bit the inside of his mouth until he felt the sudden heat of broken flesh and tasted fresh blood spilling across his tongue.

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