The Blood Witch (The Blood Reign Chronicles Book 1) by D. S. Nielsen Page B
Authors: D. S. Nielsen
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the puppy as a joke at first. He was only nine at the time, and it seemed hilarious to him to name a dog Frog. The name however stuck, and everyone started calling the puppy Frog after that.
“All of Frog’s barking must have woke up grandpa, because I heard him hollering outside. He must have heard all the noise so he came over and was yelling to see if everything was alright in here. Brigette must have heard him coming too. I heard her walk to the back and go out the door. I couldn’t hear anything after that, but Grandpa stopped hollering and nobody came back inside. I was too scared to go see. I was afraid she would get me. So I just stayed under the bed. I guess I fell asleep. I heard the door bang when you came in, and it woke me up. At first I was scared that you might be....bad too…..like Brigette.”
Jak hadn’t really thought of how everyone at Elsdon had been killed before now. Everything had happened so quickly, and been too much of a shock to think about much of anything. Now he realized that everyone he had seen dead, except Dalla, had two puncture marks on their neck……… the same as on his own neck. Then why wasn’t he dead too? He remembered the words of the woman in the cave, telling him that she was giving him a gift of life for freeing her. He hadn’t known what that meant at the time. He still didn’t really know, except that he was alive and everyone else was dead, except Gin. It was all troubling and confusing to say the least.
“We are alright now Gin. I won’t let anything happen to you.” Jak said to the little girl.
“I know you won’t,” she said, as she looked up at Jak with the trust of a child, but suddenly her brow furrowed, and her expression changed to one of puzzlement. “Your eyes, Jak,” Gin said as she reached her little hand towards his face, “I don’t remember them being purple.”
Jak quickly averted his eyes and pulled away from Gin’s outstretched hand. The change in his eyes troubled him too, but he didn’t want to give Gin anything more to worry about right now.
“It’s probably just your imagination,” Jak lied, “they’re the same as they’ve always been. Lets go see about the others, maybe someone is left alive,” he said with more confidence than he felt.
Jak opened the back door slowly and peered out to see what had transpired. As he feared, his grandpa's body was laying several paces away on the ground, motionless. Frog was lying on the ground next to the body with his head stretched across their grandfather’s stomach, and wearing a forlorn look in his eyes.
When the dog saw Jak he jumped excitedly to his feet and began to trot towards him with tail wagging and tongue lolling. Jak started down the back steps and called to the dog, but suddenly Frog stopped dead in his tracks. A deep-throated growl began to rumble in his throat and his ears pulled back, hackles raised, as he began to back away from Jak.
“What’s the matter Frog?” Jak asked. Frog began to bare his teeth and bark as he backed away in abhorrence. Jak took a few more steps towards the dog, all the while trying to sooth the animal, but the dog would not let him close, and continued to back away.
“What’s the matter with Frog?” Gin asked, coming up behind Jak. “He’s acting really weird.”
“I don’t know,” Jak lied, “maybe he’s just scared like we are.” But Jak was afraid that the dog could somehow sense the …… change…in him. “Let’s just leave him be for now.”
They gave the angry dog a wide birth as they made their way to their grandparent’s house. They found their grandmother dead in her bed, with two small puncture marks on her neck, just like the others. It was the same in all the other houses on the farm. Everyone in Elsdon was dead. The realization began to sink in and Jak suddenly felt utterly alone. Not only was everyone else gone, but he was now responsible to take care of Gin too. What were they going to do? There was no
“All of Frog’s barking must have woke up grandpa, because I heard him hollering outside. He must have heard all the noise so he came over and was yelling to see if everything was alright in here. Brigette must have heard him coming too. I heard her walk to the back and go out the door. I couldn’t hear anything after that, but Grandpa stopped hollering and nobody came back inside. I was too scared to go see. I was afraid she would get me. So I just stayed under the bed. I guess I fell asleep. I heard the door bang when you came in, and it woke me up. At first I was scared that you might be....bad too…..like Brigette.”
Jak hadn’t really thought of how everyone at Elsdon had been killed before now. Everything had happened so quickly, and been too much of a shock to think about much of anything. Now he realized that everyone he had seen dead, except Dalla, had two puncture marks on their neck……… the same as on his own neck. Then why wasn’t he dead too? He remembered the words of the woman in the cave, telling him that she was giving him a gift of life for freeing her. He hadn’t known what that meant at the time. He still didn’t really know, except that he was alive and everyone else was dead, except Gin. It was all troubling and confusing to say the least.
“We are alright now Gin. I won’t let anything happen to you.” Jak said to the little girl.
“I know you won’t,” she said, as she looked up at Jak with the trust of a child, but suddenly her brow furrowed, and her expression changed to one of puzzlement. “Your eyes, Jak,” Gin said as she reached her little hand towards his face, “I don’t remember them being purple.”
Jak quickly averted his eyes and pulled away from Gin’s outstretched hand. The change in his eyes troubled him too, but he didn’t want to give Gin anything more to worry about right now.
“It’s probably just your imagination,” Jak lied, “they’re the same as they’ve always been. Lets go see about the others, maybe someone is left alive,” he said with more confidence than he felt.
Jak opened the back door slowly and peered out to see what had transpired. As he feared, his grandpa's body was laying several paces away on the ground, motionless. Frog was lying on the ground next to the body with his head stretched across their grandfather’s stomach, and wearing a forlorn look in his eyes.
When the dog saw Jak he jumped excitedly to his feet and began to trot towards him with tail wagging and tongue lolling. Jak started down the back steps and called to the dog, but suddenly Frog stopped dead in his tracks. A deep-throated growl began to rumble in his throat and his ears pulled back, hackles raised, as he began to back away from Jak.
“What’s the matter Frog?” Jak asked. Frog began to bare his teeth and bark as he backed away in abhorrence. Jak took a few more steps towards the dog, all the while trying to sooth the animal, but the dog would not let him close, and continued to back away.
“What’s the matter with Frog?” Gin asked, coming up behind Jak. “He’s acting really weird.”
“I don’t know,” Jak lied, “maybe he’s just scared like we are.” But Jak was afraid that the dog could somehow sense the …… change…in him. “Let’s just leave him be for now.”
They gave the angry dog a wide birth as they made their way to their grandparent’s house. They found their grandmother dead in her bed, with two small puncture marks on her neck, just like the others. It was the same in all the other houses on the farm. Everyone in Elsdon was dead. The realization began to sink in and Jak suddenly felt utterly alone. Not only was everyone else gone, but he was now responsible to take care of Gin too. What were they going to do? There was no
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