Beltane by Alys West

Author:Alys West [West, Alys]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fabrian Books
Published: 2016-06-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Finn woke to the sun sliding through the curtains and absolute silence. It took him a second to figure out why that wasn’t right. “Zoe?” No reply. Yawning hugely, he turned to look over the back of the sofa. The bed was made. Standing, he said again, “Zoe?” Was she in the bathroom? The light wasn’t on. Three steps took him there. He knocked, said her name again, louder this time. Nothing. He threw the door open. The room was empty.

He turned and looked around. Her bag was gone, her clothes. Had she left? He glanced at the clock by the bed. Nine fifty three. It wasn’t like he’d slept till lunchtime. Why had she gone?

He wandered back to the sofa, sat on the edge of the mattress. He’d promised his mum he’d be there for lunch. Much as he was looking forward to a home cooked meal he knew the price he’d have to pay. Neither his mum nor Cat believed in holding back and they had six months’ worth of fear and anxiety pent up ready for his arrival.

His hand rubbed his chin. He needed a shave. There remained a dull ache in his ribs. His fingers probed the spot, making sure he’d patched himself up as best he could before he saw his mother. He didn’t want to give her any more reasons to worry. He glanced at his leg. It looked like he’d injured it weeks ago. There wasn’t much he could do about the latest gash on his palm. Zoe would be bound to notice if he didn’t let it heal naturally.

Reaching for the clothes he’d thrown in the chair last night he saw a note on the coffee table. He snatched it up. Another page fluttered out, falling onto the mattress. He picked it up, opened it and froze.

The man’s face had become his own. He blinked but the image held. It was him. He was the captive.

What the hell? Why hadn’t she drawn this last night? He remembered Zoe dropping her pencil, her eyes wide with fear as she said ‘no’.

Impatiently, he shook the note open.

Hi Finn,

I’m so sorry to run out on you like this but I don’t know how to tell you what I need to say. The dream I had last night was about you. What I told you about my dreams was true. I do have to draw them to make them go away but I didn’t finish this drawing. I realised it was you in the stone circle and I was so scared that I stopped. I think I hoped if I didn’t draw it, it wouldn’t be real.

But it is, or at least, it will be. You see (and this is the really freaky bit) I seem to be able to draw the future. I don’t expect you’ll believe me – I hardly believe it myself – but it happens. It used to be just family things, like dreaming about my sister with a baby before I knew she was pregnant, but since I came to Glastonbury it’s got seriously weird.

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