“Teri.” His voice was a rasp in the wind.
“Teri.” He could see her now, her light brown hair, her big green eyes. She was looking at him, but she could not reach him, not yet, not until he said her name a third time. He was weakening. His mother had demanded more of his life-string than he had anticipated. He forced the air out of his lungs, through his raw throat and managed to pronounce her name one more time:
“Teri.”
He could see her clearly now, standing, nude, in the hotel room. She reached forward and took his hand. Matt stumbled off the balcony on Sussex Drive and into the hotel room 35 kilometres away, falling naked into his wife’s arms. She held him and kissed his mouth. He could feel warmth and strength flowing back into his body. He let it come in for a full second, then broke the contact.
“You swallowed mandrake?”
“There was no other way,” he said.
She kissed him again, her naked skin spreading against his. He never knew what happened to his clothes at times like this, only that they never made the transit with him.
The mandrake was affecting Teri, too. Matt pushed her away. “I can’t take more from you.”
Teri took a small wooden cup from the hotel desk, where she had arranged her vials and bowls.
She swirled a wooden cup half-full with cloudy liquid, spat in it and held it to Matt’s lips. When he had drunk it all, she put the cup back on the table and collapsed onto the bed.
“We can’t keep doing this, Matt.”
“We don’t have to. She’s done. Finished.”
“Then why do I have this feeling?” She snuggled up against him.
Matt felt weak, but not sick anymore. He pulled his wife close against him, enjoying the feeling of her naked skin against his own, even if it could only be for a short time.
End of Chapter 1 of Dark Clouds
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Thank you for reading my story.
I appreciate your gift of time to read this tale.
Dark Clouds, Part 1: The Mandrake Ruse—occult thriller
The Bones of the Earth—historical fantasy
One Shade of Red—erotic-romantic satire
Sam, the Strawb Part—children’s adventure story
And for more news about my upcoming projects, visit my website and subscribe to my blog, Written Words. You’ll get a free info-graphic for signing up.
And keep reading!
About the author
Can’t Scott Bury stay in one genre?
After a 20-year career in journalism, he turned to writing fiction. “Sam, the Strawb Part,” a children’s story, came out in 2011, with all the proceeds going to an autism charity. Next was a paranormal short story for grown-ups, “Dark Clouds.”
The Bones of the Earth, a historical fantasy, came out in 2012. It was followed in 2013 with One Shade of Red, an erotic romantic spoof of the inexplicable bestseller, Fifty Shades of Gray.
Army of Worn Soles, published in 2014, tells the true story of Maurice Bury, a Canadian drafted into the USSR’s Red Army to face the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Invited to participate in two Kindle Worlds, he published Torn Roots: A Lei Crime Kindle World Novella and Jet – Stealth: A Jet Kindle World Novella. Both came out in July 2015.
In between writing books and blog posts, Scott helped found an author’s cooperative publishing venture, Independent Authors International. He is also President of author’s professional association BestSelling Reads.
You can find more about Scott Bury, and contact him through his website, https://www.writtenword.ca, his blog, Written Words, and on Twitter @ScottTheWriter.
Can’t Scott Bury stay in one genre?
After a 20-year career in journalism, he turned to writing fiction. “Sam, the Strawb Part,” a children’s story, came out in 2011, with all the proceeds going to an autism charity. Next was a paranormal short story for grown-ups, “Dark Clouds.”
The Bones of the Earth, a historical fantasy, came out in 2012. It was followed in 2013 with One Shade of Red, an erotic romantic spoof of the inexplicable bestseller, Fifty Shades of Gray.
Army of Worn Soles, published in 2014, tells the true story of Maurice Bury, a Canadian drafted into the USSR’s Red Army to face the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Invited to participate in two Kindle Worlds, he published Torn Roots: A Lei Crime Kindle World Novella and Jet – Stealth: A Jet Kindle World Novella. Both came out in July 2015.
In between writing books and blog posts, Scott helped found an author’s cooperative publishing venture, Independent Authors International. He is also President of author’s professional association BestSelling Reads.
You can find more about Scott Bury, and contact him through his website, https://www.writtenword.ca, his blog, Written Words, and on Twitter @ScottTheWriter.
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