Fury (Blur Trilogy Book 2) by James Steven

Author:James, Steven [James, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: 2015-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

TWENTY-NINE

“Wake up, Daniel.”

The voice sounded rushed, close to his ear.

At first he assumed he was hearing things or that it was just part of his dream.

He rolled to the side but heard it again, this time even more pressing: “Daniel. Wake up.”

Eyes open now, he turned, but with only faint light from distant streetlights seeping through the window, the room was too black for him to see anyone. “Who’s there?”

Someone gripped his arm and Daniel instinctively pulled away and tried to focus. The room was wrapped in shadows and he was still groggy.

The longer he had his eyes open, however, the more they started to become used to the darkness and now in the faint light he finally saw a man beside his bed.

“Ask questions later,” he said, and finally Daniel realized he knew that voice: the cop—or at least the guy dressed as a cop—who’d been stationed outside his door. “Right now, we need to get moving.”

“I’m not going anywhere until you tell me who you are.”

“My name’s Malcolm Zacharias.” He put his hand on Daniel’s arm again. “Come on. Let’s move. I came to get you out of here. And believe me, right now that’s what you want.”

“Why are you helping me?”

“Because I need you to help me.”

“How?”

“I’ll explain later.”

Daniel pulled his arm away. “Explain now.”

“We have to go,” Mr. Zacharias said emphatically. “You either come with me and find the answers you’re looking for or you can stay here—and if you do, you won’t be leaving any time soon.”

“Why do you say that?”

“Because of what happened last night.”

“With my father?”

“That’s right, now—”

“Do you know where he is?”

“No, but I might know how to find him. Listen to me, the security guard on this floor is doing rounds on the other end of the wing but he’s going to be coming this way any minute. After that it’ll be too late.”

Get out of here, Daniel. This is your chance.

Mr. Zacharias went to the doorway. He’d slipped something in between the frame and the door to keep it from closing all the way. Now he removed it, eased the door open, leaned into the hall, and whispered, “Now.”

Daniel pinched his arm to make sure he wasn’t still asleep.

He didn’t wake up.

No, he was already awake.

None of the overhead fluorescents in the hallway were on. The only light came from the exit signs glowing at the ends of the hallway and a few dim emergency lights placed at regular intervals throughout the corridor.

The darkness around Daniel seemed to merge, regroup, combine and redouble heavier and thicker than before, as if it were alive.

He wondered if the shadows might shape themselves into the form of the demon he’d seen rise above Nicole’s sketchbook or wing its way through the barn, but they didn’t and he wasn’t about to wait around for them to do so. He shifted his attention to Mr. Zacharias, who was motioning for him to come along.

Daniel went into the hallway, closed the door silently, and followed him.

But

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