Sacrificing Sloan (Sloan Series Book 3) by Martin Kelly

Author:Martin, Kelly [Martin, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, thriller, contemporary, supense
Published: 2016-07-28T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Aaron

Time: Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star

I DON’T THINK I’D EVER BEEN lonelier, and that was saying a lot, for me. I was used to being a loner. It was sort of my thing, but it was different then. I had Ray. No, we weren’t always in the same room, but we were normally, at least, in the same house. I knew where he was. I was responsible for him.

But out there… with only Boyd’s breathing to keep me company, I hated the quiet.

My hair had dried just a bit, so I knew we’d been under that rock for longer than it felt, and it felt like a very long time.

The time seemed to just stand still. With no clock, no watch, no cell phone, I couldn’t even tell when night would be over.

Was it smart to even look forward to the dawn?

Would there even be a true dawn, or would this incredibly miserable rain just keep coming? I hated it. I hated everything.

I sat up when I heard it. It was a strange sound, a haunting sound, and truth be told, it didn’t sound that far away. At first, I thought it was my imagination, but then it happened again, and I knew it wasn’t.

It was a sound like nothing I’d ever heard before. A low, ghostly moan, only I could tell it wasn’t a ghost— not that I believed in ghosts. I didn’t, but out there, on that night, I came close to it.

I laid back against the rock and closed my eyes to try to shut out the sound. It was probably either a howling animal or one that was hurt. Both cases wouldn’t be good for me.

The howling came more frequently, and I was honestly surprised it didn’t wake Boyd up. It would have woken me up. I covered my ears and settled down a little morebecause the sound was a thousand times worse, out there in the dark, than I could have ever imagined. The rain, I could handle. It sounded like rain. The wind, yeah, it was fine. But that howling. It was eerie.

And I wanted it to stop.

I jumped when the howling changed into screaming. A deep, pitiful scream that sounded like it was right outside my little rock cave.

Boyd shifted, but didn’t wake up. He could sleep through anything apparently.

The horrible sound of the screams sent chills down my spine, and I shut my eyes again, not wanting to see it.

Then again, I wouldn’t get to see it anyway. It was too dark.

“Help!” I swore it screamed, and that’s when I knew I’d lost it.

I hit Boyd’s shoulder hard enough to wake him up. He never budged, so I had to do it about three more times before his head shot up, and he punched me in the arm. I think he was aiming for my face. He also cussed me out.

“Listen.” I said, in the middle of his tirade.

To my complete and utter astonishment, he actually did as I said. It was a banner day.

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