Chapter Six
David sat in silence as he watched the TV that sat on the wall bracket opposite the bed. For the last ten minutes he had been watching the news, his right arm in a sling and a bandage wrapped around his stomach.
It had been just over a week since he had woken up in a hospital bed connected to a whole host of different wires. Now though, the wires were gone as he sat in the uncomfortable chair.
‘In the early hours of this morning, police who had been searching Dartmoor for the missing hiker, Edward Henderson, found a body. Although the body is yet to be officially identified there is a strong belief that they have found the missing hiker,’ the news reporter said as the camera cut to a shot of a white tent that had been erected on the moor.
From the bed beside him there was a soft moan. Quickly picking up the TV controller he turned it off, dropping it on to the bedside table as he turned to the bed. Covered in a maze of wires and tubes was Kathryn, her black hair fanning out around her head. With a cough her eyes opened slowly.
‘Hey, how are you feeling?’ he asked as he leant forwards, wincing as the bandages around his chest tightened. Slowly she blinked, turning her head at the sound of his voice. When she saw him she smiled.
‘Hi,’ she whispered croakily. ‘Where are we?’
‘We’re at the hospital,’ David explained gently as she tried to sit up. Grimacing she slumped back down in to the bed again.
‘What happened?’
‘What do you remember?’ he asked.
‘We were at Lavern’s house. I think I felt something prick me in the neck. After that I don’t think I remember anything,’ she said as she looked around. ‘What happened to your arm?’
‘Lavern drugged you,’ repeating what the doctors had told him when he had found out she was here as well. ‘I woke up and found him standing over me with a knife.’
‘What did he do?’ she asked worriedly.
‘The doctor will explain it all when he finds out that you’re awake,’ David said. He didn’t feel strong enough right now to tell her what he had done to her legs. It was a credit to the surgeons that they had been able to repair most of the damage that Lavern had done.
‘What about your arm?’
‘I was trying to get help,’ he explained. ‘I had just spotted a police car parked next to Edward’s car when Lavern shot me.’
‘At least it was only in the arm,’ she said with a weak smile.
‘He shot me in the back as well,’ David swallowed. ‘Apparently the bullet just missed my spine.’
‘Did they catch Lavern?’
‘Not as far as I know. I'm sure they'll find him soon,’ David tried to assure her.
‘Did they find Edward or Amy?’
‘They found Amy not long before I found them apparently,’ David said. ‘That creature left her in a bad way, they tried but there wasn’t much they could do in the end.’
‘Amy’s gone?’
Silently David nodded. ‘I’m sorry,’ he whispered before she could ask about Edward as he took her hand in his. Gently he lifted it off the bed covers slightly, wrapping his hand around hers as best as he could.
Slowly tears began to roll down her cheeks. ‘And Edward?’
‘I don't know how he found us in Lavern's house but he did. If it wasn't for him we never would have got out of the house,’ David said slowly. 'He took on that creature with a shovel so that we could get away. That was when Lavern came out of the house,' he said, trailing off.
For the next hour David sat beside her while she cried, offering any comforting words that he could think of until the doctor appeared. With the promise that he would be back as soon as he could, David allowed the doctor to usher him out of the room and into the corridor.
About the Author
S.G. (Stephen George) Grant has enjoyed writing fiction since a young age. Born, raised and living in Berkshire, England, his fondness for travel has helped to inspire many ideas and create some of the incredible settings for the first instalment of The Scroll of Days Series.
It wasn't until early 2014 that the first idea for an epic fantasy novel was created. Since then it has developed and expanded to create the epic fantasy series now known as The Scroll of Days Series.
With a detailed plan created, he began writing and in April 2015 completed the first book in The Scroll of Days Series, The Tomb of Kings.
To hear about new releases first visit www.sggrant.com or follow @sgrant1992 on twitter.
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