Alone in the dark

  Dark. It was dark. The man opened his eyes. The painful feeling in his side transformed his face in an ugly grimace. His hand instinctively reached for his ribs and his fingers felt a sticky liquid. He followed the course of the blood oozing from his body and his hand touched the puddle of […]

  Tara slowly opened her eyes. Rays of sunshine greeted her and the witch blinked in annoyance. She instinctively turned over in her bed to put her back to the window and avoid the light coming through the half-drawn curtains. She closed her eyes once again and tried to return to sleep. She did not, […]

Faith got closer to the window and started to lift up the blinds. “Don’t!” the man yelled. “It would see us!” Faith turned an annoyed look to him and lifted slightly the blinds anyway. “Oh my God!” she heard behind her. She bent slightly forward to see the street and her eyes opened wide as […]

“We’re lost!” Faith repeated in a much high-pitched tone. “God! How’s that!” She yelled to anyone in particular. Tara wrapped her arms around her chest in a protective gesture and looked frantically around her. “A-are y-you s-sure?” she asked hesitantly. “Maybe…” She turned around, walked a few steps looking like she was searching for some […]

  The fire had eventually died out and the sun had risen. Faith was still leaning against the rock with Tara in her arms. The Slayer lay still, apart from the regular movement of her chest. But she wasn’t sleeping. Her wide-open eyes were scanning the area, her ears alert for any sound, her muscles […]