She wept, her tears hitting the floor. The one before her leaned back with his arms crossed and stared at her constantly, finally he spoke.
"Got a rip in your shirt bitch," He said, she rose her head and nervously gazed up at him shaking hard as he leaned forward towards her, reaching out he snatched the shoulder of her shirt, ripping it down hard. She cried out ...

She shook as she pushed into the corner in the damp and musty room, the sound of gunshots echoed, taking the life of the last one. Horrified and alone she waited for her turn when the door open and a man was pushed inside the room. Tears rolled down her face as he stumbled in and the door slammed and locked. He stood dazed for a moment then spotted her in the corner. ...

"I know who you are," a voice whispered into her ears.
Vale slowly opened her eyes and stared out into the darkness of her room, she swallowed hard as her ears fell upon low growls and moans rising up from all around her, she ducked and cried out as the walls burned and fell away.
Slowly she sat up as a hot wind blew against her skin. Her mout...

Her body shook violently as the paramedics picked her carefully up from the blood soaked bed.
"She's bleeding out!" One cried out as they swiftly wrapped her bleeding wrists and applied pressure.
Smeared blood covered her pale naked flesh. Her head rolled softly back and forth as strangers seemed to dance around her. "What's your name Miss...

The trees bent and swayed to the cold high winds of Devils Nest, the moon full and bright in the midnight sky, lighting up the valley that lay before it. The steep hills forming a confusing nest of cedar, cotton woods and oak. Low bushes providing a cage as Locusts sharp thorns provided a fence.
A woman lay on her side, cradling herself in an endless chill o...

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The wind blew softly threw the tree's in the cemetery, the moon shining brightly upon the silent graves. The grounds keeper pulled in and slowly made his way up the road as he had for the last year, carefully keeping an eye out for those who would cause harm to the sleeping graves of those that rested here. He slowly spotlighted the cemetery, looking for any trouble; ...

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She gazed up at a huge unfinished house, plastic blew from under the black tar paper that stuck to the ply board of the outer walls. The huge windows reflected the setting sun. She walked up the sandy hill and around the side of the house as it grew dark quickly.

She gazed back as black clouds covered the sun, slowly turning and walking to the fro...

The water flowed quietly past the shore; the early morning light, slowly rising in the east threw the dense cottonwoods and pines. A young woman stumbled threw the weeds and brush to the shore. Her hands bound with duck tape tightly behind her back.
Dropping to her knees, her cries muffled by the duck tape over her lips, her body bent over in grief and terror. As ...

Tessa walked to the elevator, punched the button and giggled lightly to herself as she backed up to the wall and held it up firmly. Matt approached slowly with a killer smile. "Hey Tessa...You ok?"
She gazed up, surprised. He walked up to her and she grinned slyly. "Ahhh…Trick question right?"
"Might be," he said softly.
"The floor," she said as she poin...

"Some don't need masks…like me for instance."
Tessa broke out laughing, and then suddenly got serious and looked at him. "You're not in a band ...Are you?" She asked.
"No."
"Good , I don't date guys in bands."
"And if I was in band, then what would you do?" He asked as he turned and faced her.
"I'd sleep with you, but I would not date you," she sm...

Tessa lay quietly on the table, slowly rolling her head back. Her body hurt so bad…so much. She saw death coming and very soon. She stared at the ceiling with empty eyes, barely open enough to see. The door opened and Carver walked in, approaching the table to stand at her side. She trembled when she saw who it was. "What did I do to you?" She asked, her voice scratch...

Tessa covered her eyes from the bright light and slowly adjusted to it moving her arm aside. Carver leaned on the table above her, patiently gazing down, waiting for her to settle down. "Hello Tessa. How are you feeling?" He asked, fake warmth in his tone.
She gasped hard as she stared up at the mask. Her heart raced. "No…please," She began to beg. Tears welled u...

Carver turned to her slowly. The silence was immediate, "I will untie those for you." He said softly as she stared at him as he approached her. He gazed down at her as he undid the ropes, freeing her hands. She rubbed her sore wrists softly as she backed away, tears running down her face, "I don't have time to make nice with you Tessa..so the sooner you quit this bull...

Tessa walked out of the auditorium before anybody else. The cool air hit her sweat-covered body and she shivered. She walked slowly to the street and stopped while cars passed. When the stopped she crossed quickly. She stepped up to the curb and looked at the tollbooth, the attendant was gone, "Shit." She said aloud. She walked into the parking lot to the second row a...

Not a ½ mile down the road the car pulled hard to the right. Tessa slowed down and pulled to the side of the road and stopped. "Ahh great...just wonderful." She shut the car off and got out, walking around the front of the car to the right side. The tire was flat. "This is fuckin' great!" she said under her breath as she knelt down and looked at it, hoping that the ti...

Lifeless...Broken... Hatred...Brutal...I was afraid of being part of life and even worse miss it. A marriage based on lies, I fell so hard that the blow has left me broken and cold. I hated life for what it didn't give me and the man who had taken it from me. I couldn't be touched, was too empty to see that all I had to do was reach out; I was too scared to act on it....

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