Solar: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Huggins Shane

Author:Huggins, Shane [Huggins, Shane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Survival
Published: 2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

ROSE

Saturday, 21:14

I cannot sleep. I replay it over and over in my mind. I think it is the not knowing that is unsettling me. Was it really just an animal? I would like to think so. Trouble is, I know better than to hope. I have seen the monsters of the night. They know where we are, now. It is not safe here anymore.

My book is not gripping me tonight. I struggle to focus in the dim candlelight. The shadows keep catching my eye. Irregular shapes climb the walls, stalking towards the light; towards me.

Mum and Daddy have been gone a while. They did not say where they were going. They did not even say goodbye. Maybe that is why I am on edge. Again, I would like to think so. I know the reason. It is the same reason every time I am alone.

Another shadow stretches across the wall. I do not even bother looking this time. I just keep reading. I enjoy this one; a story of wizards and elves and fearsome beasts. Sometimes I dream I am a sorceress, fighting to save a dying kingdom. I suppose it is not much different from my current state of being. Except I am no sorceress, just a pathetic girl. And the kingdom is not dying. It died a long time ago. We are only ghosts, refusing to accept the truth that stares us in the face, day after day. Still, it is nice to dream.

The page darkens. The shadow is upon me. I hoped he would come to me tonight. I played the frightened damsel perfectly, cuddling into his hard bicep. I could tell by his racing heart, it was not the only thing that was hard.

I look up with a smile, the sweetest smile I can muster, but it falls away like sand in the waves. My stomach leaps to my throat. I feel my chest tighten. "What's wrong, Little Bud?" he says. "Expecting someone else?"

"No," I squeal. It is not an answer to his question, just a bleat of despair. I feel sick at the sight of him. His predatory smile makes my skin crawl. "Please, David. Just leave me alone."

"Alone? No, Little Bud. I can't do that." He sits down beside me, draws back my covers. I feel naked under his gaze, attired in a skimpy vest and a pair of knickers. "You see, your mummy and daddy want me to take real good care of you." He strokes my thigh. I can see his trousers bulging. "But I think you should take care of me first."

He grabs a fistful of my hair, pulls my head down whilst unbuttoning his trousers. He pulls it out and waves it in my face. "No teeth now, Little Bud," he says as he presses my face lower. I clench my mouth shut. Just the smell of it makes me want to vomit. "C'mon, Little Bud. Open wide."

I shake violently, thrashing, clawing at anything that feels soft or fleshy. It does not seem to trouble him.

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