Rise of the Miser: Claus, #5 by Tony Bertauski

Author:Tony Bertauski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy christmas, young adult scifi christmas, teen science fiction, teen and young adult science fiction, santa claus, children science fiction romance thriller action fun cyberpunk myth legend, science fiction holiday
Publisher: DeadPixel Publications
Published: 2017-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

SHE WAS LIGHT-HEADED.

Adrenaline fumes teased her tired muscles. When she approached the end of B wing, the heaviness of reality condensed around her and fear reintroduced itself to her stomach. She eased to a stop outside the festive doors. For the first time, Sandy wasn’t there to stop her.

And there was no music.

She stepped off the glider with newborn legs. The silence was a menacing ghost. She got back on the glider and begged her dad to leave. It only took one more look at her phone, the photo of Heather Miser’s son, and she rapped the secret knock.

The doors swung open.

More silence oozed out of the room. The tree was freshly decorated with looping strands of popcorn. The presents were tightly wrapped and piled high. The smell of cookies was nowhere to be found. When Sonny didn’t come out to greet her, she tapped on the glass and called his name.

She hit it harder.

Her voice echoed down the hall. Something was wrong. She’d felt it the moment she’d snapped the picture on the laptop. It was a photo of Sonny from twenty years ago. He looked exactly like he did today. And now he was gone.

So was her carving.

He had done it for her as a gift and placed it on an altar. Her face, expertly carved from a block of wood, had been looking at her the last time she visited. Everything was still in the room except for the carving.

“He’s gone.”

Sandy startled her. She slid to the floor with her back to the glass. Her heart hammered her head; her breath roared in her ears. The sandman was there.

His sense of humor was not.

Kandi held up the phone. Sandy slowly nodded. When she caught her breath, she said slowly and definitively, “Tell me about the others.”

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