How It Has to Be by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2021-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The crows were following her.

Trinity had dropped Tucker at his school this morning, now that his winter break was done. They’d circled her car all the way through the drop-off line, far above in the clouds. They’d followed her to the diner, and every time she looked out the front window, she could see a couple of the crows sitting on the railing across the street.

They’d followed her after her shift to pick up Tucker, and when she’d pulled into her driveway, three were sitting on her roof.

Uncertainty was her constant companion today. She missed Brick.

It had been so nice to feel safe, and happy, and hopeful.

The crows were still outside. She could feel them watching her house, even in the dark of night.

She checked the front window for the tenth time tonight, and there he was.

Brick stood in the middle of her yard.

He was wearing a heavy jacket with a fur-lined hood, and thick leather pants over boots. The bottom half of his face was covered with black fabric, but she would know those cheekbones and bright silver eyes anywhere.

She opened the door. “Brick?”

Brick canted his head and studied her. “Why you?” he asked.

His voice was different, lower and grittier than she’d heard before. He canted his head the other way and the porch light hit a long scar on his cheekbone.

Brick didn’t have a scar on his cheek.

Dread dumped into her veins. She slammed the door closed, locked it in a rush, and backed off a few steps.

That wasn’t him. That wasn’t Brick.

That was something other.

A long animal snarl rattled on the other side of her door.

A whimper escaped her lips as she stood there frozen in terror.

There was a monster at her door.

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