Closed at Dark: A Soren Chase Novella (The Soren Chase Series) by Blackwell Rob

Author:Blackwell, Rob [Blackwell, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: supernatural, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, Soren Chase, shades, contemporary fantasy
Published: 2014-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Sara opened her eyes to find the room on fire. Flames crawled up the walls of Soren’s bedroom, consuming everything in their path. She sat up in bed, shaking Alex, who woke up immediately.

“What’s going on?” he asked.

He looked around him, and Sara saw the panicked expression on his face.

“We need to get out of here,” she said.

But there was nowhere to go. The door was covered in flames, which had now spread across the ceiling above her. She feared that any minute it would collapse.

“Soren!” she screamed. “Ken!”

She could hear muffled shouts behind the door, but she couldn’t make out anything they were saying.

“Over here,” a voice said.

She turned to see a figure at the window. It was the one spot in the room other than the bed that wasn’t on fire. She couldn’t see the figure very well, but she could hear him through the glass.

“Open the window!” he shouted. “It’s locked from the inside.”

Sara looked to see the flames nearing the bed and she scrambled to get to the window before it caught fire. The heat was excruciating. She felt like she was being boiled alive. She didn’t know how the fire had started, but it was going to kill Alex and her if she couldn’t escape.

She reached the window, pulling Alex along behind her. She unlocked it and pushed down the safety latches as the fire burned around them.

“Hurry!” the man at the window said. “You don’t have much time!”

She tried to open the window, but the pane was stuck and wouldn’t budge.

“Help me!” she shouted back.

“You have to do it,” the man said.

Sara braced herself against the window, bending her knees and pushing the window up with all of her might. But she wasn’t strong enough. The window didn’t move as the flames closed in.

Alex stepped beside her, imitating her movement and pushing up against the window. It burst open all at once, apparently free of whatever obstacle had been keeping it in place.

“Quickly,” the man said. “Hand Alex to me.”

She started to do as the voice commanded, but then suddenly held back. She looked around the room, which was still alive with flames. It seemed to shimmer for a second and she had a glimpse of it as it was when she’d first walked through the door with Alex. There were photos on the wall, including one of Soren, John and her in their younger days. They weren’t on fire. There was nothing wrong with the room at all.

“Sara!” the voice said. “Hand Alex to me! Hurry! He’ll die if you don’t.”

The flames reappeared and she felt the heat coming off of them. She had trouble thinking straight. But something about this felt wrong to her.

Don’t leave this room, she thought. You’re safe here.

“Sara, look at me,” the voice outside said.

The figure leaned down and stuck his head through the window. She called out in surprise when she saw who it was. She’d assumed it was Soren or Ken, or perhaps even a firefighter there to help them.

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