Frozen Pact by Kat Green

Author:Kat Green [Green, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781095755419
Published: 2019-05-27T22:00:00+00:00

‘Jimmy went first and began his count to ten while the others ran to hide. Edith crouched behind a large tree which stood further back from where the others had run.

‘Ten, coming, ready or not,’ Jimmy’s voice carried through the darkness. A few seconds passed and they could hear the snapping of twigs and rustling of bushes and shrubs as he searched. He laughed and shouted, ‘I’ve found a rope. I’m making a new rule for this game. The last one found will be tied up.’ He laughed again. The new rule had given them an incentive to be found. Edith let out a quiet giggle, and his direction changed.

‘Edith, I know your laugh well.’ He jumped around the tree and grabbed her. ‘Found you.’ They both giggled and set about finding the others. He took hold of her hand again. Standing in the dark, his hand in hers was comforting. ‘Don’t be scared. I’ll look after you,’ he reassured her, and squeezed her hand tighter.

They searched until only Nancy was left, eventually finding her after walking further into the woods than they’d ever ventured before, so secluded it was admirable she had gone that far. Nancy had jumped out and scared them. The triumph in her cry was a sound none of them would forget. Although they didn’t know it, it was the last time Nancy felt joy in anything.

At first Jimmy laughed and congratulated her for scaring them. He told her she was much more fun than he’d thought. But suddenly everything changed. ‘But you were the last one found, Jenkins.’ He grabbed her arms pinning them behind her. Then he pulled her to a tree in the middle of the small opening and yelled at his friends to tie her up to it. ‘Come on, it’s the last part of my new game.’

At first, they took it as just a game. Brenda and Peter took the rope and secured her to the tree. Nancy laughed at first but not for long. Jimmy circled round her, his charming face gone. Now it was a look of disgust. ‘Brenda, kick dirt on her.’

Brenda looked at Jimmy, confusion then horror in her eyes. ‘Jimmy, don’t. That’s enough.’

Jimmy glared her down. ‘Do you want to take her place?’ She took a step back from him and shook her head. The same threat to the other two. Nobody wanted to swap places, but they didn’t want to do it to Nancy either. ‘I suggest you all do as I say, or you’ll be in her place. Look, it’s just a bit of fun. I’ll let her go soon and as long as she keeps her mouth shut, nobody gets hurt.’

Nancy struggled with the rope, her cries of desperation and fear filled the air. ‘I won’t tell, I promise. I just want to go home. Please, let me go.’

Jimmy held the power, a boy who at that moment changed from a bully to a dark and twisted soul. Edith choked down the harsh reality that this was not the charming boy she’d loved since the age of ten.

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