When Elizabeth opened her eyes the room lay in darkness. She yawned and stretched. She had slept a long time. Wonder why her mother hadn’t woken her for dinner? Her stomach growled and reminded her she had skipped lunch.
As she turned over for a look at the clock, a shadow moved from the corner of the room. “Hello, Miss Lane,” a well-remembered, cultured voice said. “How nice it is to see you again.”
Elizabeth sat up in bed, her breath coming in painful gasps that hurt her chest. “You! You can’t be here. You’re dead!”
“I’m not dead.” As Brady moved toward the bed, a flash of light from a passing car glinted off the object he held in his hand: a syringe.
Elizabeth started to scream. Her muscles churned as she tried to run, but she couldn’t move. She could scream, though. In the back of her mind she heard her mother’s voice. “Elizabeth! Wake up! Elizabeth!”
A strange man’s voice, a deep voice, cried, “I’ll call her doctor.”
“Elizabeth! Wake up! Open your eyes!”
A very powerful sample.
ReplyDeleteLove this sample! When can I read more?
ReplyDeleteThat's spooky
ReplyDeleteJennifer, the book is published by Whiskey Creek Press. Lindsay, I'm glad I got the atomosphere right.
ReplyDeleteScary! Is it real, or a bad dream? Great cliffhanger.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's intense! Thanks for the sample.
ReplyDeleteWow! I was right there with Elizabeth trying to scream. Great sample!
ReplyDeleteElaine, you're the last person I'd've expected to scare the CR*P out of me!
ReplyDeleteGunnar
Very nice sample, and great building of suspense and tension!
ReplyDeletethanks to everyone who was nice enough to stop by today. I'm glad you liked the sample.
ReplyDeleteThat was terrifying! Nicely written scene. Wow.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dianne.
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