In Woodlock, the closest town to the forest where the killing took place, two policemen dragged the four men; where two were chained together, to their station after taking them to the clinic for treatments. Earlier that morning, not one but two to three people had reported suspicious movements and scary sounds coming directly from the forest and the policemen had gone to the forest to search the place where they found the four men and one dead person whose heart was no longer in place.They took the four men inside and locked them in different cells. When they were about leaving, they met up with two other policemen who asked about what happened and they explained to them.“We found out that they are involved in trading young girls into sex slave. They go around in the night looking for girls to kidnap and then take them into their den. We found their hideout in the forest and the place is half burnt with two dead bodies where one seems to have been shot dead and burnt together with
Bookshop. Witch. The assault. Gunshot. Fire. Forest. The killing. Reflection. Amber opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. It looked familiar to her. Yes, it was her room.“Amber!” her mother’s voice jerked her up and she moved her eyes to the side to see her mother staring at her.“Why are you lying on the floor like a corpse?” her mother asked and Amber raised her upper body to sit up.She said, “I just had a bad dream and it must have thrown me off.” To Amber, the hallucinations she had always throws her into a dark pit and she doesn’t understand what was happening to her anymore. All the weird things she was seeing, were they really hallucinations? She asked herself but then, it doesn’t look like that to her. The feelings she got from it were real and it was as if some part of her had experienced a dark side and they came back haunting her after a long time. She knew what she had to do. Only one person would know what was happening to her.“Bad dream?” her mother’s voice sna
Amber walked in the not-so-empty hallway, alone, with her eyes ahead of her but having lots of things going through her mind that it blocked the voice of her best friend calling her name.“Amber!” Emma touched her when she caught up with her and at the slight touch, Amber flinched and moved backwards.For a second, she thought she saw Emma’s face change to a different person before returning back to her normal face.What was happening to her?“Amber?” Emma called again and Amber snapped out of it.“Oh!” she breathed out. “Hi Emma,” Amber responded with a short smile and her friend looked at her with worry in her eyes.“Are you okay?” Emma asked and brought her hand to touch Amber’s face.Amber caught her hand before it could reach her face and Emma winced as Amber had gripped her tight. She quickly released her hand and her lips moved without uttering a word. She thought her friend would notice the scar on her face and start questioning her, which would make her spill everything, but
Amber’s throat went dry and she gulped down nothing. The desire to bite into Kevin’s neck flooded her senses and as his face came closer to hers, she slowly tilted her head and aimed for his neck.Kevin opened his eyes when he noticed her head move to the side and he felt her warm breath on his neck. He thought she was going to kiss him on the neck not until he heard her say;“I don’t think I do, not anymore.”On hearing those words, Kevin’s face fell and he pulled his head back. He looked at Amber and placed his other hand on the side of her face, staring into her eyes.“Amber I understand, okay but I mean it.” he spoke calmly. “I have waited so long for this day. I wish I had told you sooner but you know how hard it is for me.”The corner of her lips pulled up and she slowly removed his hands from her face while staring back at him.“I love you too Kevin. I have always wanted to tell you that for a long time,” she looked at him innocently and when she saw his eyes lit, she smiled bu
Amber walked out of the Computer room and let out a sigh. She felt tired and her eyes were starting to get heavy due to lack of sleep. On her way to the classroom, she heard the bell and everyone started rushing out of the classroom. It was time for lunch. So fast? Amber thought and continued walking. She then sighted Emma who was walking towards her with a smile and books in her hand.“Amber,” Emma said her name and held her arm as they started walking back from where she had walked.“Are you going to read in the lunchroom too?” Amber asked, wondering why Emma was taking the books with her.“No,” she replied. “I am taking it back to the library. Today is the last day and we have to return all the books we took. By the way, what’s up with you and Kevin?” she asked and Amber turned her head to look at her.“What about us?” she asked.“You didn’t come back to class and so did he, so I was wondering if you both were talking things through.”Amber’s forehead slightly crinkled. She was wi
When Amber reached her neighborhood, she suddenly remembered what transpired between her and her mother. She would have felt another surge of anger but she did not. Instead, she felt bad about it and at the same time, she felt sorry for her mother. She didn’t mean to yell at her or make them have a misunderstanding, but she could not understand why her mother claimed that she came home yesterday when she was out in the woods and only just returned home in the morning.To be sure that her mother was not putting up an act, she asked Emma at school if her mother called, but Emma had told her she didn’t call and neither did she. Also, the part that made her almost want to believe what her mother was saying was when she didn’t see any of her neighbors near her house or inside and no one was talking about it. It made her want to believe what Hazel said, that she is seeing a thing in two different ways. Maybe in this case, she was in two different places at the same time.She raised her eyes
Amber inhaled and fought back the tears that threaten to release from her eyes. She assured herself that everything was going to be fine and if it isn’t, then she didn’t care anymore. After all, her life hasn’t been any good.“Your mother didn’t report you,” she heard Jackson speak. “At least, not the way you think.” He paused and then continued, “Your mother made that call because she was worried about you. She thought you were being threatened and wanted to make sure you are safe.”Amber didn’t feel moved and instead, she only stared at him.“Well I am safe, all thanks to me,” she said and somehow, it was true. She felt she has been the one protecting herself without anyone’s help and it made her feel in control.“In that case,” she moved her eyes to look at who just spoke and saw that it was the one Jackson referred to as John, “I think we should start leaving and attend to other cases,” John said and walked to the side, towards the door.All he wanted was for them to leave and let
While Amber was looking at her mother, Jackson sent a sign to Murphy and he nodded before his hand went to his back. Realizing that something was missing, he raised his eyes to see John holding the gun which was supposed to be with him.“Don’t.act.stupid,” John said the words one by one and pointed the gun at Jackson.“What do you think you are doing?” Murphy asked.“Exactly what you intend to do not until you realize the gun is not in your hands. Now, if you will please, keep your mouth shut,” John said and faced Jackson.Jackson scoffed and said, “Think you can threaten me with that?”The corner of John’s lips pulled up and he said, “Let’s see,” and he fired the blank.Amber, who saw what was going on, felt her heart jump at the sound of the gunshot and when she saw that no one got shot, she looked at John.Was he trying to protect her? Can she trust him not to harm her or was he just putting up an act to make her believe him? Those were the thoughts running on Amber’s mind.A phone