Shackles of Sunlight by J. Daniel Layfield

Author:J. Daniel Layfield [Layfield, J. Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lazy Fields
Published: 2016-06-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

The two-story log cabin looked like every other one they’d passed by for the last half hour – lonely, unassuming, and empty. Most of them were vacation properties, so the likelihood they actually were empty was high. The fresh tire tracks leading to the closed shed told a different story though. Add to that the fact the windows were all shuttered, and they both knew this was the nest.

“So, this is the plan?” Liz whispered. Braughton had just finished setting charges on the front door, which was only slightly larger than the ones he placed on the windows.

“Unless you have a better one.” She recalled some of her academy training, specifically, how to breach a building. Disorient, distract, dominate. The explosions would not only disorient, but would also allow sunlight to stream in to the building, giving them an advantage no matter how many were inside.

“No,” she said with a small shake of her head. “It’s perfect.” She glanced at the second story windows. “What about those?”

“Can’t risk the noise. If any of them escape upstairs, we can blow those windows later.” A rumble overhead drew her eyes skyward. A mass of dark clouds slowly rolled towards them, threatening to blot out the sun.

“Is that going to be a problem?” she asked, pointing towards the storm cloud.

“Could be,” he answered after observing the sky for a moment. “If we don’t hurry.”

There was a quick knock on the door, followed by questioning looks around the room. Finally, the one closest to the door got up and eased towards it. He peered through the shielded peephole, saw only the empty porch, and turned to offer the room a shrug. Instead, he was pushed forward as the door exploded, and at the same time, the windows disappeared in a cloud of glass and wood. He would never be able to safely traverse the minefield of sunbeams now flooding the room, and he never had the chance to even try.

Braughton was through the door before any of them could move. He severed head from neck on the one still in shock at the door, breaking the paralysis that held the rest in place. Liz entered to the smell of smoke and burning flesh as she saw three flaming streaks disappear down some stairs, another one upstairs, and three more through a dark doorway at the back of the room.

“I’ll take the three in the back,” Braughton said. “You handle the one upstairs.” Liz could only nod her head, unable to force her mouth to ask about the other three, or even how exactly she should ‘handle’ one on her own. She took a breath to steady her nerves and wanted to suggest they face the three together, but Braughton was already gone.

You can do this, she assured herself as her grip on the sword tightened and she moved slowly across the now still room. She wasn’t sure exactly what she expected to find in a vampire nest, but this wasn’t it. Except for the mess she and Braughton had just created, the place looked unused.

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