PREY
All credits for characters to Stephenie Meyer, of course.
Darksper drabble. Probably should be posting at Halloween. Didn't want to wait that long. Don't know if there will be a happy ending.
Chapter 34 – Looking out the Window
The season was changing outside my window. The leaves on the trees were changing from green to spectacular shades of yellow and red. I had been brought here in August, and it was now mid-September.
I had managed to save this window for myself. I hadn't tried to climb out it, as I had seen demonstrations of their speed and sharp hearing. I wanted this one little thing left to me. Looking out the window in the evening, I watched the darkness of the woods just behind the house, and listened to the breeze rustling though the trees and the leaves that had fallen to the ground.
The sounds of the night brought back a sense of normalcy to me. I could close my eyes and imagine I was hearing those birds from my backyard at home. Any one of the several homes I had shared with Renee over the years.
One night, as I looked out, I saw a shadow on the patio, and watched as Japer walked into the backyard. He was moving at human speed, and stood still for a moment, his head lifted in the air, eyes closed.
It occurred to me that he was scenting the breeze.
I watched, frozen, as he seemed to change from man to animal and back.
His eyes shot up to my window, and I pulled back slightly. Then he shot off of the patio and into the woods.
I wondered what it was he was tracking. Or who.
The next morning I had my answer. At breakfast, his eyes were bright red, so he must have fed during the night.
I was horrified to realize that I felt a sense of relief. He had killed someone, or at least fed on someone last night, but that meant that I would be spared my ordeal for a few more days.
THIS IS A DRABBLE.
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