Bone Cold (2001)
“Jaye awakened from a deep sleep. Frightened, she lay stone still, listening. For what had awakened her. For the quiet whoosh of the pet door swinging shut or the creak of a floorboard outside her prison door. Those things had awakened her before.
Her captor came to her in the dead of night. He passed provisions through the pet door—food and drink for the day, fresh towels—never speaking. She had learned after the first day that if she left her garbage and any remnants of her meal just inside th...e pet door, he would take them away.
His silent presence frightened her. She had heard him on the floors below, moving about, coming and going. She had heard him breathing on the other side of the door. As if listening. And waiting.
For what? Jaye wondered, hugging herself. What did he want with her? He hadn’t touched her. Yet, anyway. But he would. And then what would she do?
Fear choked her, and she struggled to breathe past it. Jaye dragged the single blanket to her chin. Her hands screamed protest at the small movement—they were cut and torn from her daily clawing and tugging at the boards on the windows, black and blue from pounding against the door.MoreLess
Her captor came to her in the dead of night. He passed provisions through the pet door—food and drink for the day, fresh towels—never speaking. She had learned after the first day that if she left her garbage and any remnants of her meal just inside th...e pet door, he would take them away.
His silent presence frightened her. She had heard him on the floors below, moving about, coming and going. She had heard him breathing on the other side of the door. As if listening. And waiting.
For what? Jaye wondered, hugging herself. What did he want with her? He hadn’t touched her. Yet, anyway. But he would. And then what would she do?
Fear choked her, and she struggled to breathe past it. Jaye dragged the single blanket to her chin. Her hands screamed protest at the small movement—they were cut and torn from her daily clawing and tugging at the boards on the windows, black and blue from pounding against the door.MoreLess
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