Broken Angel by Sigmund Brouwer

Author:Sigmund Brouwer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780307446343
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published: 2008-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FIVE

A man’s voice descended into the dark hell that surrounded Jordan. “Heard Mason’s dogs ripped this guy apart. Wonder what he looks like.”

“You suggesting opening a sealed coffin lid?”

Jordan’s heart hammered. Although he’d become accustomed to the confinement and had assumed the worst, confirming his suspicion that he was in a coffin triggered new horror. He was entombed. He tried to yell into the gag filling his mouth, but nothing happened.

Rescue was less than a foot above him. Just a thin layer of wood away. He willed his feet and hands to move, but his body wouldn’t obey him. He had to get out. The claustrophobia was overwhelming but still not so strong that Caitlyn was out of his thoughts. Where was she? Did she need his help?

“Wasn’t saying we should do it. Just wondering.”

Jordan’s world tilted. Then he rolled against the side of the box as an outside force lifted it.

“Come on,” Jordan heard. “The funeral wagon’s waiting. And I’m hungry.”

Despite their silence, it wasn’t difficult to feel the rhythm of motion and realize that two men were carrying him. The cracks of light grew dimmer and brighter and dimmer again, giving Jordan more clues of movement. Until the light became so bright he could see the rough interior of wood.

The brightness told him that he was outside. Bird sounds confirmed it.

Then he heard a flat smacking sound while the box shuddered with the vibration of impact. The front end of the coffin had been dropped onto the wagon, he imagined.

It slid forward, then Jordan heard departing footsteps, along with the lighter slap of leather. Like reins. He felt a roll into motion.

The funeral wagon was taking him away. To be buried alive.

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