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Authors: Becca Fanning
Tags: Humor, Psychological, Science-Fiction, Romance, Literature & Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Paranormal, Short Stories, Military, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Romantic Comedy, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Women's Fiction, New Adult & College, Werewolves & Shifters
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animals’ persistence. It was still raining and the wolf, or the pack, she couldn’t be certain, were out in it messing with her cattle.
Well she’d see about that. She moved to her closet and began to pull her jeans and boots on. Suddenly something cracked above her. Jamie hit the switch for her light. The room burst into brightness. She looked up. The light was swaying slightly. Jamie stared. A screw was missing. There were huge screws that held the light in place and one, no two—there was only one screw holding the heavy metal fitting in place. With a shudder and a groan the light pitched to the right and then came crashing down plunging her room into darkness.
Jamie pushed herself back against the wall, her eyes still adjusting to the sudden darkness. Then as her vision returned she could see the dim shape of the wire that had supplied the light with its electricity dangling free as though cut. It was still live and swaying to and fro. On its upward arc it came to within a hair’s breadth from her and Jaime held her breath, frozen with fear as her heart beat like a drum in her chest.
In a moment her father was in her room. He took in the situation, then moved faster than Jamie thought a man of sixty should, he grabbed her and pulled her out into the hall. Then he reached into her room and flipped the switch for her light.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
Jamie nodded.
“I knew that thing was dangerous,” her father said shaking his head. “It goes!”
Jamie was too shocked to argue now. She just stood in the hallway taking deep breaths. Her father, also clearly in shock drew her to him.
“I can’t lose you too Jamie,” he said into her hair and she closed her eyes, letting the security of her father’s arms wash over her. He had always been her safe place, always. But now as an adult she knew that this safe place couldn’t protect her from everything. There were things she would have to face herself and some things she would have to protect herself from.
Suddenly she remembered what had woken her and gotten her out of her bed. “Dad, the cattle! I heard a howl. I’m sure there’s a pack after them.” Ander released his daughter reluctantly.
“Go get Oliver. We’ll need the help,” he said.
Jamie ran to Oliver’s door which was across from hers. She knocked but there was no answer. She pushed the door open, flipped the light switch and found the room empty.
“I’ll call Jesse,” her father said looking over her shoulder into the room. “We’ll need numbers on our side if it’s what I suspect it is.”
Then he strode off to get his cellphone.
Jamie went back to her room, grabbed her clothes and finished getting dressed in the bathroom, listening to her father speaking to Jesse. It was 4:30am according to her wrist watch and she wondered where her stupid cousin was. That was the thing about Oliver, he was never there when you needed him and always around when he wasn’t welcome. It sounded as though Jesse had been up anyway from her father’s side of the conversation.
Jamie was only mildly surprise to see Jesse less than twenty minutes later coming in through the back door. He looked fresh and ready for the day, his smile as bright as ever.
“Morning,” he said.
“Hi,” Jamie said frowning. “How did you get here so quickly? You live in Sun Valley, that’s what forty minutes away?”
Jesse nodded and smiled. “You are correct. But I was over visiting my cousin Wyatt. He stays two farms over.”
“That was lucky for us,” Jamie said.
“Yes, now while you’re blabbing my cattle are being picked off,” her father said. “Let’s go.”
He pushed them out into the early morning. Ander drove them in his truck. It was the same old workhorse that Jamie had ridden in as a kid and still going strong. The red paint was scratched and it was still dented a little over the front left light, where Jamie
Well she’d see about that. She moved to her closet and began to pull her jeans and boots on. Suddenly something cracked above her. Jamie hit the switch for her light. The room burst into brightness. She looked up. The light was swaying slightly. Jamie stared. A screw was missing. There were huge screws that held the light in place and one, no two—there was only one screw holding the heavy metal fitting in place. With a shudder and a groan the light pitched to the right and then came crashing down plunging her room into darkness.
Jamie pushed herself back against the wall, her eyes still adjusting to the sudden darkness. Then as her vision returned she could see the dim shape of the wire that had supplied the light with its electricity dangling free as though cut. It was still live and swaying to and fro. On its upward arc it came to within a hair’s breadth from her and Jaime held her breath, frozen with fear as her heart beat like a drum in her chest.
In a moment her father was in her room. He took in the situation, then moved faster than Jamie thought a man of sixty should, he grabbed her and pulled her out into the hall. Then he reached into her room and flipped the switch for her light.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
Jamie nodded.
“I knew that thing was dangerous,” her father said shaking his head. “It goes!”
Jamie was too shocked to argue now. She just stood in the hallway taking deep breaths. Her father, also clearly in shock drew her to him.
“I can’t lose you too Jamie,” he said into her hair and she closed her eyes, letting the security of her father’s arms wash over her. He had always been her safe place, always. But now as an adult she knew that this safe place couldn’t protect her from everything. There were things she would have to face herself and some things she would have to protect herself from.
Suddenly she remembered what had woken her and gotten her out of her bed. “Dad, the cattle! I heard a howl. I’m sure there’s a pack after them.” Ander released his daughter reluctantly.
“Go get Oliver. We’ll need the help,” he said.
Jamie ran to Oliver’s door which was across from hers. She knocked but there was no answer. She pushed the door open, flipped the light switch and found the room empty.
“I’ll call Jesse,” her father said looking over her shoulder into the room. “We’ll need numbers on our side if it’s what I suspect it is.”
Then he strode off to get his cellphone.
Jamie went back to her room, grabbed her clothes and finished getting dressed in the bathroom, listening to her father speaking to Jesse. It was 4:30am according to her wrist watch and she wondered where her stupid cousin was. That was the thing about Oliver, he was never there when you needed him and always around when he wasn’t welcome. It sounded as though Jesse had been up anyway from her father’s side of the conversation.
Jamie was only mildly surprise to see Jesse less than twenty minutes later coming in through the back door. He looked fresh and ready for the day, his smile as bright as ever.
“Morning,” he said.
“Hi,” Jamie said frowning. “How did you get here so quickly? You live in Sun Valley, that’s what forty minutes away?”
Jesse nodded and smiled. “You are correct. But I was over visiting my cousin Wyatt. He stays two farms over.”
“That was lucky for us,” Jamie said.
“Yes, now while you’re blabbing my cattle are being picked off,” her father said. “Let’s go.”
He pushed them out into the early morning. Ander drove them in his truck. It was the same old workhorse that Jamie had ridden in as a kid and still going strong. The red paint was scratched and it was still dented a little over the front left light, where Jamie
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