Witchling (Genevieve Heart) by Genevieve Heart

Author:Genevieve Heart
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2014-02-05T06:00:00+00:00

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I jolted awake two hours before the alarm went off. The heat of the flames lingered on my skin. I ought to be used to it by now, but the appeal of being burnt alive never caught on with me. If I should die, I would rather that I did it in my sleep, when I’m old and have lived a proper full life.

I sat up on my bed and turned on my bedside lamp. Beside my clock sat the empty book. I stared at it, confused as to how it had moved from my desk to where it now rested. My eyes instantly glanced towards the window but found it still closed, its bolt locked and untouched.

My skin pricked as something moved outside my room. I stared at my door as the floorboards creaked and it made its way down the corridor. I held my breath. Did one of the Hunters break into my house? It seemed very likely. Aiden had come in through the front door last night. There was nothing stopping those shadowed creatures doing the same thing.

But it walked passed my room and went into the bathroom. Only then did I realise that the monster was not a Hunter but Luke. The toilet flushed and I sighed with relief.

But the relief did not last for long. My skin pricked as out of the corner of my left eye, I felt something watch me through the window. My body froze but knew that I would have to eventually face my fear. I could not pretend not to see it, that slight movement in the dark, that thing that was a shade blacker than the night itself. Slowly, I turned my head and screamed.

Luke mirrored my scream in his room as the splintering crack of wood exploded downstairs. I bolted out, with the empty book in my hand. Luke joined me in the hallway. His eyes wide with terror and confusion.

“There’s something outside,” he said to me.

“My phone,” I said. My mind instantly thought of Ethan and wondered where Aiden was. But something else strange distracted my attention. “Mom, dad…”

I attempted to run down the stairs but a Hunter stood at the base, his shape had taken the form of Ethan. But it was not a perfect copy. He looked pale and grey, with empty sockets that seeped with blood for eyes. I turned around and smashed into Luke who followed me.

“What the…” he started.

“Get my phone,” I told him and pushed passed him. But we were surrounded. At the entrance to my room stood another Hunter, who had taken the shape of Aiden. They could have been anyone and I wondered why these monsters have decided to shape shift into the brothers.

“Hello, Amelia,” said the Hunter that looked like Aiden. His left arm was covered in pock marks, blood and broken feathers, as if he hadn’t finished plucking them away. He dragged his leg along the floor as he made his way towards us. Luke and I retreated down the hallway.

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