The Bone Forest
“Using this as a marker he stepped slowly toward his home, the sickness in his stomach still a jarring pain and a nauseous surge. Whatever he had eaten, he should have been more careful.
This excursion had been short, again, but he had hoped to have returned before nightfall. As it was, he imagined dawn was just an hour or so away.
The sound of Jennifer's cry stopped him in his tracks. He listened carefully, close to the gate, and again he heard her voice, a slightly strangled, then increasingly... intense evocation of pain. She was gasping, he realized. The sound of her voice stopped quite suddenly, and then there was a laugh. The sound was eerily loud in the night, in the still night, this solitude of sound and sensation that was so close to dawn.
"Oh my God. Jennifer… Jennifer!" He began to walk more swiftly. An image of his wife being attacked in the night was insisting its superiority over the obvious.
The doors of his study were shattered abruptly. Glass crashed and the doors flung wide.MoreLess
This excursion had been short, again, but he had hoped to have returned before nightfall. As it was, he imagined dawn was just an hour or so away.
The sound of Jennifer's cry stopped him in his tracks. He listened carefully, close to the gate, and again he heard her voice, a slightly strangled, then increasingly... intense evocation of pain. She was gasping, he realized. The sound of her voice stopped quite suddenly, and then there was a laugh. The sound was eerily loud in the night, in the still night, this solitude of sound and sensation that was so close to dawn.
"Oh my God. Jennifer… Jennifer!" He began to walk more swiftly. An image of his wife being attacked in the night was insisting its superiority over the obvious.
The doors of his study were shattered abruptly. Glass crashed and the doors flung wide.MoreLess
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