The little girl came
charging into the room, frantically looking around the room, not seeing me.
“Ryleigh!”
I yelled, hoping she would hear me.
She
paused, listening and I heard it too. Footsteps. Heavy, slow footsteps coming
toward the room. The urge to hide had passed. I went to grab Rayleigh, but I
was unable to touch her. She stared, frozen. The footsteps were closer and I
had no desire to see who was coming around the corner. I bolted from the room.
Ryleigh
let out a blood–curdling scream, making me stop my mad dash for an exit in the
back. I whirled around, to see a guy standing there. He was in the shadows. I
could only see disjointed parts of him. His sneakers, the rip in the knee of
his jeans, his forearm, but his face fell perfectly in the light. He was
staring at me, puzzled.
Ryleigh
let out another blood curdling scream and I dashed back into the room. She was
a child and she was scared, dream or not. I stood in front of Ryleigh. She
screamed and screamed. I went to rip her out of his hold, but I couldn’t touch
him either. He knocked her to the ground and started dragging her to the foyer.
“Let
her go,” I screamed. “Let her go.”
They
didn’t pay any attention to me. He continued to drag her out of the room. He
headed toward the staircase as Ryleigh kicked and screamed for her release. I
charged at him one more time.
“Wake
up! Wake up Kate!” Jesse was shaking me. “Kate! You’re having a nightmare.”
AH! Poor Kate! Wait no - Ryleigh.
I've been enjoying these teasers. Thank you for sharing them!
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