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Then she would lie in bed and suffer through the waves of pleasure which always quickly built to a crescendo that nearly drove her mad with desire before fading away finally to leave her in peace. Finally, she would fall asleep again and the nightmares would come to haunt her and rob her of any rest she might otherwise have gotten.Amanda had been doing her best to stay out of town over the last few weeks but it had finally come time to begin putting her plan into motion. She needed to put as much distance between herself and this place as possible. The lack of sleep was killing her and the sexual tension caused by the dreams that always came before the nightmares were about to send her into a complete mental breakdown.She hiked into town and stopped by the general store to look for a used gas can. She found several different kinds but tucked under a shelf behind the others she found exactly what she was looking for; an old school military-style five-gallon jerry can. She turned it o

Once the small pouches were secure and she was sure that the wicks wouldn’t slip or slide free, she peeled the cotton fabric back and trimmed any excess away. When she had completed all eighteen of the little pouches, she took the matches and one of the pouches, then went outside and placed the pouch on the ground.She pulled a match from the box and struck it, then carefully held it out and lit the wick. She moved a safe distance away and watched to see how her little invention would work. The wick caught fire quickly enough and within moments the Vaseline further down the wick caught fire as well. The flame grew stronger when the Vaseline caught aflame and Amanda grinned, pleased that it appeared to be working well.She watched as the entire thing just continued to burn and burn. The wind didn’t manage to put the flame out and when the flame made its way down to the string, the whole thing caught on fire and burned with a strength that surprised her.She waited patiently until the s

She waited all through the night and kept her eyes locked on the building. She noted each person that came and went throughout the evening and the following day. She couldn’t act until she was absolutely certain that they were all inside. She didn’t want one single person to walk away from that building alive when she was done.By the following night, she had their faces burned into her memory. Most of them had returned by midnight but one of them remained out until nearly three in the morning, but finally, they were all there.Amanda pulled the hiking bag onto her back and moved through the building and back out the broken door she’d entered through. She crouched and moved carefully down the alley and checked that the streets were clear.She hurried across the street and into the alley behind the three-story building that the murderers were using as a base. She went around the building and doused any part of the building that was not made out of brick or concrete and then carefully p

She lay there with the air knocked from her lungs as she fought to make her lungs work. The seconds seemed to last for hours as her lungs remained stunned. Finally, she managed to suck in a gasp of air, and then another.She rolled onto her side and gasped until she no longer felt like she was suffocating. Once her breathing had calmed, she heard the sound of hushed voices and feet rushing up the stairs. The cave-in had caused too much noise and they’d come to investigate.Amanda pushed to her feet and stared at her rope. There was no way she would be able to get up there and cut the rope so that it wouldn’t be seen. They would know someone had gotten into the building.Amanda tried not to make a sound as she hurried across the room, stepping carefully over debris as she made her way toward the door. The men were still a floor below her so she had time. If she was careful, she would make it. There was a window at the end of the hall and it looked like it opened out onto the broken fir

“Who’s out there?” Amanda’s voice came out in a croak.No one answered.“I know you’re out there. I can hear you. What do you want? Who are you?” She called out to whoever was out there.Again, there was no response.Amanda closed her eyes against the lights and concentrated on the memory of that blue-white cord of light she’d seen after her dream about Cole working on his roof.It happened just as it had that night. She closed her eyes and she could see it in her mind. It was different this time. This time the light didn’t go straight from chest and forward through a wall. This time it came out about four feet from her body and then curved sharply upward and straight through the ceiling.She gave that little push with her mind and she flew forward while her body remained behind. Her spirit form glided along the light cord, picking up speed as it went until everything around it faded into those same streaks of color and light.She had the sensation of distance this time around. It see