Silas
“I opened my eyes.
I was lying right where I’d fallen. I could see Emmett’s body lying on the ground. His eyes were wide open, and he was staring blankly at the sky. There was blood everywhere.
He wasn’t the one laughing.
I pushed myself to my feet, looking around.
The laughing stopped.
“You really don’t die, do you?”
I turned around.
The hunter was standing over Christa.
She was lying on her back, gazing up at him warily, her hands up in a protective gesture.
He had a shotgun. He whipped it up ...to point at me. “Rolf said you didn’t die, but I don’t think I really believed him. Sure, I thought I saw you go down that first day, but there were so many of you guys then. It was hard to keep track of who was who.”
Well, this was it, then. He had a gun on me. He’d killed Emmett. He could shoot me again, and I’d be all right, but what would stop him from shooting Christa while I was dark? We weren’t going to make it out of this.
And the hell of it was that that damned fish Emmett had been cooking still smelled so good.MoreLess
I was lying right where I’d fallen. I could see Emmett’s body lying on the ground. His eyes were wide open, and he was staring blankly at the sky. There was blood everywhere.
He wasn’t the one laughing.
I pushed myself to my feet, looking around.
The laughing stopped.
“You really don’t die, do you?”
I turned around.
The hunter was standing over Christa.
She was lying on her back, gazing up at him warily, her hands up in a protective gesture.
He had a shotgun. He whipped it up ...to point at me. “Rolf said you didn’t die, but I don’t think I really believed him. Sure, I thought I saw you go down that first day, but there were so many of you guys then. It was hard to keep track of who was who.”
Well, this was it, then. He had a gun on me. He’d killed Emmett. He could shoot me again, and I’d be all right, but what would stop him from shooting Christa while I was dark? We weren’t going to make it out of this.
And the hell of it was that that damned fish Emmett had been cooking still smelled so good.MoreLess
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