His foot slid across a pebble, scraping across the pavement. The monsters’ heads snapped up. Their faces were coated with fresh, shiny blood. Apollo’s blood.
The man let out an ear-piercing scream. Dylan cried out as he scrambled up. But the monster was faster. A hand clamped onto Dylan’s ankle, pulling him across the pavement. Dylan frantically kicked out. His foot connected with flesh, but the monster only snarled and continued to pull.
A roar and a screech.
Dylan recoiled from the sound and from the bright lights suddenly blinding him.
Fast footsteps.
The man wrapped his other hand around Dylan’s foot and pulled hard. The concrete scraped along his stomach.
A wet smack.
The monster’s grip loosened and Dylan clawed at the pavement, desperate to drag himself away. He pushed himself up. He didn’t care where he was going. He just had to get away.
A heavy thump.
A strong hand locked around Dylan’s wrist and he cried out, pulling frantically.
“Baby.” With the single whispered word, Dylan froze. The hand pulled at him again and Dylan collapsed against his mother. He wrapped his arms around her, burying his face into her chest and sobbing.
“I’m here, baby.” She wrapped her arms tight around him, her embrace protective and comforting. He could feel her chest heaving as she cried with him.
Shrieks rose in the night. They were close by. Dylan tightened his grip on his mother, his fingers digging into her back.
“We have to go.” Her voice was tight, fearful, as she scooped him up, sliding into the driver’s side of the car and depositing him on the passenger seat.
She looked into the rearview mirror and grimaced. “Get down on the floor, baby.” She motioned for him to get down on the floorboards. Dylan shook as he did as he was told, curling up into a tight ball.
“I love you, baby,” his mother whispered, smiling at him from the driver’s seat. “We’re going to be OK.”
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
WARNING
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 12
Day 15
Day 20
Day 24
Day 26
Day 27
Day 29
Day 36
Day 37
Day 52
Defenseless
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