Cruel Summer Excerpt

Cruel Summer: Chapter 01 Excerpt

~ Tuesday May 25, 2021 ~

When the young blonde girl finally wakes up were are at an old hunting cabin that is about five miles past the turn off to where she wanted to be. She sits up from the simple cot and takes in her surroundings. "Where am I?" She asks realizing she is not where she is supposed to be, nor how she got here.

I say nothing, I simply point to the wall where I have left a map pinned to a nail. In red marker I have it marked YOU ARE HERE. A long red line is drawn with the path to place she wanted to go which is circled and the word DESTINATION. A post-it note bellow the map has all the information she needs, Take the Map and RUN!

The girl looks back at me, my face is obstructed by the hat and dark glasses I am wearing, as well as the fact that I am sitting in the shadows. However I slowly reach out with my right arm and collect a professional Recurve Bow and once my hand is in the grip I raise my bow. She watches in fear as I move my left arm, I reach into my quiver full of arrows and draw one and swiftly load it into my bow. The girl in question snatches the map and rushes out the door in a haste. I on the other hand simply stride over to the door and exit the cabin at my leisure as I can predict the girl's movements.

I watch as she darts in a hurry for the forest and I allow her reach the treeline before I give her a taste of what she is in for. With my arrow loaded I draw back the bowstring and once my target is sighted I release the fletching of the arrow. The arrow flies straight cutting through the air making a whizzing sound before it is impaled on the tree mere inches from the girl's right hand. The young girl lets out a shriek of terror realizing she was almost impaled on the tree. I smile as she probably believes I missed... but I didn't. I had deliberately aimed at the tree with the intent to startle her. I did not want to end this game so soon, I was simply making a point to my prey.