May 2024 WipWordSearch Excerpts Week 1

She was among the growing list of extreme and usual physical assault injuries in Colesbrooke. Emergency personnel and doctors swapped descriptions of strange wounds they’d encountered during #night shifts.

“It’s what you need, kid. You’ll feel right as rain, better than a spring chicken, firing on all cylinders, bouncin’ off the walls, brand spankin’ #new after a little bit of red stuff.”

At the same time, Sara scribbled #notes on papers and handed them to other vampires, directing them to safety or giving them odd jobs.

“You know what? Take it easy for a minute there. Here, the #name is Lawrence. Call me Lawrence. Just Lawrence. Not Larry, Lawry, Laze, and never Louie, got it? Last one to call me Louie got dealt some real trouble, don’t you go forgettin’ it.”

His entire body was consumed by fire, racing through every #nerve like lightning. Sharp, stabbing pain accompanied each ragged breath and started a new, intense wave of fire.

#Numbness overcame Thomas and he just stood there, glancing between Dr. West and Gary.

“No, I’m fine. I’ve already got a new job,” Thomas replied softly, #neglecting to tell Gary the new job was at a pub. “I’m serious. Thanks for worrying, but I’m okay. I’ve just . . . had some stuff I needed to work out.”

She could sprint for an hour before she needed a short break, and she could trot the entire #night without tiring. No normal prey stood a chance against her and her pack.

The #new pack closed in on her, their calmness uncanny. Clara had so much adrenaline pumping through her system that her inner wolf already had its teeth in her. One wrong step and she would lose control.

“The war among the accursed blood suckers was heavy indeed. Yet a high price was paid to make certain none of the eldest of their kin took #note.”

As Clara and Benjamin approached, the store sign grew more legible, announcing the #name of the place like a splintered whisper.

Clara smiled. He could be so dumb sometimes. Her #nerves melted away.

Or had they been #numbed to death and simply didn’t care about the possible consequences of their actions? Or did they feel invincible somehow?

The drag marks lead #north, and if what they said about a river was true, then all Clara needed to do was get to that river. If she could make it there in her wolf form, she could phase back into human as soon as she hit the waters, completely masking her scent as she rode the current to a safer distance.