Martha was the last to board the car and they continued their journey. Benjamin drove in the direction Cindy had been looking in when she sat on the rock.
Martha still not convinced if this is going to be the route they would be continuing their journey on until her father began to stride on through the motor vehicle. “Here we go again” she mumbled to herself.
This time too, the path followed a narrow lane, however broader than the one they have been driving through for the past few hours.
Again, there were trees flanking either of the sides of this lane.
The road seemed more developed than the last one since there were less uneven patches in it
Benjamin was accelerating more this time as compared to their travel experience with the previous lane since he had lesser number of uneven patches to deal with.
The car was yet moving at a
What is it you want to figure out in that?” asked Martha. Cindy, for the first time today, was at a loss of words.Martha, realizing that, further added, “Also, you want me to be sitting inside the car while daddy do lift the car with the jack.Wouldn’t that be burdensome for him?” Cindy was clearly bewildered as to what should she even reply to her valid arguments.Martha finally spoke, “What are you two hiding inside that trunk? I have already seen my travel baggage there.What else are you two hiding.” Her parents exchanged a look at each other and were clearly now in a state of bewilderment. Martha, realizing it is the perfect time to find the secrets out, quickly went and grabbed the handle of the trunk.She then lifted the trunk only to be taken aback by surprise. Not just Martha’s travel baggage was kept i
Martha again restricted her thought process since whatever assumptions she set her beliefs upon would be sooner or later shattered after her mother reveals the truth. “Have some patience. The beans will be spilled really soon.Even if mommy denies speaking up the truth, I would be fine with it and won’t stress her to do so. Just do what they say. Let’s see how this ends up” Martha smiled without a reason, just trying to be positive in this situation. Only god knew how better or worse the things are going to get for her.The punctured tire was now replaced by the spare tire and her father had also kept the car jack back to its place. Martha, by that time, returned to the car and helped her father load the luggage back in the boot. She lifted her own baggage to be kept into the boot space.Only by lifting it a few inches from the ground that Martha realized how heavy it was
However, she instantaneously regretted the last line she said and her expressions could tell that she would do anything to retract the last statement from her mouth.Alas, she cannot. Nor did she felt it right at this point in time to apologize to her daughter. She just lowered her head.Martha’ on the other hand, heard it all silently. She even got surprised upon hearing from her mother that she saw her bending down nearby the tire as she wanted to keep it a secret.Upon hearing the last statement, as soon as she heard it from her mother’s mouth, she felt her heart exploding with sorrow.She grinded her teeth so as not to make any sobbing sound which she desperately wanted to do.Moreover, she closed her eyes so as to not give her emotions any path to inundate on to her cheeks and become
Every time I would think this starless night couldn’t get any darker, it surprises me by bringing to view an even darker sight which compels me to make sure my eyesight is working properly.How come I can put the blame on mommy and daddy when I myself do not feel like to disturb this serene yet wild scene of the silence of the woods? It may be more of serene and less of wild now.But my inner gut is telling me the vice versa is going to happen.In fact, it wouldn’t remain serene at all and just get wilder and wilder.Hope I am wrong” They kept traveling for another few meters while Martha slid to the other side of the seat in her quest to find something different on this side which, to her surprise, she did.There was light. In the entire journey that was spent in the night so far and during the time the sun was almost set, never had she witnessed li
The fire torches were placed along with the trees whilst maintaining a distance so to not lead to a wildfire spreading throughout the forest. They flanged on both sides of the car and Benjamin adhered to the path carved out for them through the lit torches. Just as they crossed the foremost duo of fire torches flanking them on both the sides, a loud howl penetrated through the jungle only to reach the ears of Martha along with her parents – Benjamin and Cindy – and to further spread throughout a range of 5-6 miles from the origin of the howling sound.As soon as the sound – rather the terror it carried – reached Martha, a Goosebumps appeared all over her body since whatever she had casually imagined earlier about lions, wolves and other wild animals only being able to live here, indeed came true.She, under fear, cried out, “Mom!” Her mother didn’t even acknowledge h
She turned behind and saw the fire blowing out from every fire torch that they have passed through. She turned back and took to her parents to ask if they too felt the same she did.However, she avoided it since she wasn’t in a mood to entertain silence or unsatisfactory response to her questions right now. She noticed it again! “The fire went off as soon as they passed through that respective fire torch” Though she didn’t resolve on looking back to see how it was being blown out, she could sense a breathing sound loud enough to peer through the window glasses and reach her eyes.It was a groaning sound depicting heavy breathing. The sound, although not much audible to Martha, was so strong that Martha felt whatever was originating that sound is sitting right behind her, thereby serving as one of the reasons why she avoided to turn back to investigate the matter properly.
As soon as her lips touched the tip of the bottle, she was thrown a bit forward and so did the bottle.Benjamin pushed the brakes with great force, as if to avoid colliding into something in front of the motor car.The water bottle slipped out of Martha’s hand and some water even fell on her dress.She remained in the state her father had put her in by applying brakes in a forceful manner.She was pulled with much force to the front of her and her eyes remained closed while her head was low.She had apprehended something big must have come in front of the car that made her father to apply brakes without even slowing down, though the car was moving at a slow pace only.She opened her eyes and lifted her head up to investigate the object in front. As soon as she looked up to see the reason behind b
This thing is going way beyond anyone’s imagination. How worse can it get? And the biggest of all the questions is what sort of hell have we already brought ourselves in?”“Do you really want to keep on going into this hell or we might stop and reconsider going back?” said Martha.It was less of a saying and more of a screaming. She had no other option to adhere to.She had been asking or responding to her parents’ in a mannered way and all that the well-mannered way has yielded for so long is a series of unfolding mysteries.She wasn’t up for one more unwelcoming mystery to be thrown at her fate. She just wanted peace.All she cared for was peace for her. Her temperament had reached such a level of precariousness that to quench her thirst of a peaceful environment, she saw no other way except to take a U turn and drive back and reach all the way from
She gasped in fear as her worst of sufferings began to unveil themselves in front of her. Ronan too held Martha’s mother in the air for a while to prove to the young wench of how ruthless and gruesome the werewolves could be to someone.Ronan was further encouraged when Alpha, even after resigning from killing Martha’s mother, did not object when Ronan was putting her under intense distress.Ronan first looked Martha into her eyes and then shifted his gaze towards Cindy who bore a nonchalant face.Neither did she seem to be under distress of soon going to die nor was she horrified as her daughter was for presuming that she will be seeing her mother for the last time now and never again.This irritated Ronan who, in order to take the pain out on her face, tightened the grip around Cindy’s neck but without any result. Cindy appeared lifeless.&nb
She joined her hands and pleaded before the biggest of the demons, “For god’s sake, let us go!” she didn’t cry and not even had pleading sound in her voice.This was because she had got exhausted by now; physically, mentally and emotionally. “Sorry not sorry but you two are not going anywhere. Most importantly, this young wench” – its indication was towards Martha – “In fact, we cannot now afford to let you go alone in front of the general public as we fear you might spill the beans about our whereabouts and bring some special forces for the rescue of your daughter” Cindy did not react.She had lost the ability to perceive anything that was told to her and just wanted a way out of this hell that existed on Earth. Alpha continued, “Therefore, I have arrived at a conclusion which is that you shall be executed before your daughter so that i
They didn’t want to believe in the reality.Alpha too wanted to be a part in this act of causing misery to the family and spoke to the werewolf whose claws were stained with the blood of Benjamin, “Let go of the poor guy’s hand, Ash” – It addressed the other werewolf as Ash – “He is dead now and therefore, he can do nothing to help but spoil the floor through the blood dripping out of his body.Throw the body out in the woods” Alpha reminded both the ladies to come back to reality and accept it. They must know that their husband or father is no more now.They must, especially for Martha, take it as a lesson of what the werewolves are capable of doing; that they must fear the werewolves and make sure not to argue with them. Both Cindy and Martha had gotten numb.It was a tsunami for both of them where the tides were going against them and sinking t
Both Cindy’s and Martha’s calls were now too late to be comprehended and acted upon by Benjamin. He has gotten quite close to the demonic figure.Cindy, now instead of Benjamin, prayed to God as it was now upon the almighty to ensure the safety of Benjamin.“God, it is all upon you now!” she cried. Benjamin had now come within the range of the werewolf while his hand in the air extended to grab the neck of the beast.The werewolf smirked for it knew how foolish of a person Benjamin was to charge a being hundred times stronger than him. It noticed Benjamin’s hand approaching for its neck and pitied for what it was about to do to him in the next few moments.It first raised his left hand to defend the frail attack on Benjamin’s part.It simply grabbed hi
Though for a fraction of second, she fancied the Alpha fondling her but immediately ceased that thought.She lowered her eyes and avoided eye contact with the Alpha. But soon enough, she raised her head to look at her father and mother to see their reaction on what the Alpha had just said.They too were as disgusted as Martha on Alpha remarks. Cindy gnashed in anger while her face turned red, though she didn’t have the courage or the strength to raise a voice against Alpha.On the other hand, Benjamin bore an expression of sheer rage against the one standing right in front of him. His body was trembling with anger and his eyes conveyed only one thought – to fight and eventually die for the safety of his daughter.Yet he remained at the same spot he was at and spoke with much anger in his voice, “Neither we are fulfilling our obligations
This startled the other werewolf a bit as it wondered how come its master was seeking permission from someone inferior to it.Martha duly noticed the expression of the other werewolf of how it got startled and then she thought to herself, “What a moron! Doesn’t even get sarcasm” She looked at Alpha and nodded her head. The Alpha too nodded slightly in agreement and turned to Benjamin. The Alpha said, “So Mister Benjamin Stewart, there is not really anything to discuss about. Like what I clarified earlier, we will stick to that only” Martha was less focused on what it said but more focused on how it was said.It was peremptory in his speech. It was just not in a mood to entertain any sort of discussions.It took more than usual time to register what it said since she was busy examining his unwillingness to debate on the matter Martha apparently ha
When someone would step on it, it would make a squeaky sound; as Martha observed when the werewolf resting on the baluster went upstairs.She wanted to find a way out of this gloomy environment; “a broken window or maybe some emergency exit I could find.But it won’t help since this bunch of dense hairs would be at great ease when catching up with our pace.I have already seen their pace when one of these was nonchalantly blowing out the fire torches as our motor car moved. Running from them is not an option” she thought.She kept on thinking about something to confront these werewolves when finally, the Alpha spoke for the very first time, “Let us discuss our agendas now” Everyone got wide awake as soon as the words escaped through the Alpha’s mouth.Martha too, immediately looked up to see Alpha. Its voice was gruff. It carried the impression o
For a fraction of second, even werewolf got startled at how furious she had turned herself and therefore had to move its gaze away from her. She registered this astonishment of the werewolf and strike while the iron was hot by summoning in an even louder tone, “Somebody get me a glass of water” She just didn’t shift her gaze at all from the beast who wasn’t willing to let go of her neck. She could barely conceal the anger that manifested on her face.Seven to eight feet ahead of her was Cindy who witnessed every second of this and couldn’t believe her daughter intimidate one of the werewolves.The werewolf too couldn’t hold back his anger but it was afraid it would have to face the wrath of Alpha if he acted on his own with the girl.Martha kept on looking into its eyes without even blinking.She just didn’t want anything at that time exce
Martha, thought not being able to move her head even a bit, moved her eyeballs to her left where the greater werewolf stood and muttered to the best of her survival instincts that were triggered at that time, “P—l---e-a—se” and then signaled it to the claws that were on the verge of bursting blood out of Martha’s neck.Understood from her gesture, the greater werewolf now smiled widely so to express its pleasure to Martha that it was deriving out of her misery.Martha, however, wasn’t at all concerned of what he or anyone else felt of her state and just wanted to get out of this grip.She was losing her breath.She could sense the blood halting in her veins. Her eyelids were about to adjoin which will disable her to take note of the surroundings.She couldn’t take it anymore.A last thought that originated in her mind was &ndas