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er with a wailing cry after looking up and seeing her father s shadow appear at the window she carefully stood and steadied herself she made her way across the roof stepping lightly and then firmly to keep from slipping again the rain drenched grace and hindered her sight but she was still able to see her father climb out the window after her as he stepped onto the roof he slipped as well and dropped the axe it slid off the edge but he maintained his balance she continued across the slick roof when she reached the back of the house she followed it right down below she could see pools of water forming and reflecting the darkened sky scattered around were toys she and her brother had left there some time ago though the rain washed them clean they still felt desolate as if they were a graveyard of rusted tools and car parts when she reached the end the upper roof was now only a foot above her head she was wary of climbing up there but she knew she had little time to spare before her father caught up with her grace reached her hands up and the tips of her fingers barely touched the drain she would have to jump the rest of the way and hook her fingers onto it she had only one shot to get it right otherwise she would likely slip and find herself face down in one of those shallow puddles below after taking a deep breath she glanced at the other end of the roof her father clumsily turned the corner and stopped he watched her as an animal might watch its prey it was a dark look that forced her to quickly make her move she bent her good leg and kept her arms high she kept an eye on the white drain above and then pushed off at the penultimate moment when her foot was to lift off it slipped first thankfully the extra three inches she needed was satisfied and she grabbed onto the ledge though her name implied that she moved with considerable agility she actually clamored up with effort and nearly slipped off twice still she managed to make her way up just as her father neared he tried to reach for the metal brace but she pulled it up and away from him the upper roof seemed slicker than the other but because she was now favoring her leg she wasn t moving fast enough to slip when she looked back her father was climbing the edge because he was taller he managed it faster and safer than she did he was closing the gap between them and she was running out of roof from behind she heard him continue to scream but now he wasn t saying anything they were just sounds of rage and anger splintered by the coarse rain she hurried as fast as her legs would take her and finally she came to the end she peered over the edge at the ground below she considered jumping but the drop didn t look safe it was too far grace turned around and looked at her dad when he was just five feet away he slowed to a stop his labored breathing kicked water from his nose and saliva from his open lips his teeth were clenched daddy leave me alone he only continued to breathe hard ignoring her request he knew he had her she had nowhere else to go i love you daddy please don t hurt me she said as hot tears began to stream down her face he took a step toward her and she looked over the edge she wished she could talk some sense into him but he was too far gone into whatever inner world that led him astray something else controlled him now perhaps a deep desire to kill everything and everyone or maybe he just wanted to hurt the ones he loved she didn t want to turn her back to him but did she peered over the edge again and looked at the scintillating leaves of the bushes below all she needed to do was aim for those and everything would be all right right when she put the tips of her feet bare feet at the edge the street lights and neighboring houses went dark the possible safe landing was now gone had there been a moon she might ve been able to gauge where to fall but now it was just inky blackness as if below her was nothing more than a black hole waiting to swallow her down there she knew one of three things would happen she would escape unharmed and be free to find help break something and wait there until her father made his way through the house or she would hit the concrete too hard and kill herself with only one third chance of survival which was probably far less than that she took a deep breath and jumped leave a comment posted in storm of sins tagged chapter dad daughter fear horror novel preview rain running scared terror thriller storm of sins chapter two posted by edward grey on january 8 2012 gabriel opened his eyes expecting to feel the sting of the afternoon sun but instead he was welcomed with the soft buttery light of flickering candles for years he d been troubled into insomnia so whenever he slept longer than an hour it was a blessing as he sat up on the couch the old springs creaked and moaned he rubbed the blur from his eyes and wondered why there were candles placed about the room he certainly hadn t done it and couldn t remember if he d come home to some romantic settings devised by his wife perhaps he did and things were becoming far worse than he thought for as long as he could remember he d been plagued with insomnia sleepless nights weren t always something he had to deal with only since he was eleven since that day tossing turning and infomercial marathons occupied his nights it was only a matter of time before blacking out would become a routine with his sleeplessness and the memory loss accompanying it would be no less common than air when he met kathy it didn t take her long to figure out that he was incapable of sleep she told him it would never be a problem but that never stopped him from feeling like he was keeping her from living a normal life though she stubbornly disagreed with him he knew that every time he fell asleep when she wanted or needed him the most it had to be getting to her if she had planned a romantic night then it was getting worse not only had he forgotten that he came home to a wonderful display of her love for him but he d fallen asleep on the couch which means they were probably in the middle of something intimate perhaps they were talking cuddling or even kissing whatever the case he d once again fallen victim to his lack of sleep and had probably made her feel as though she weren t getting the things she needed as a wife gabriel stood from the couch and threw his arms into the air he reached for the ceiling further and further still until his back cracked and his muscles ached from the stretch before continuing through the house he listened for a moment from the direction of the master bedroom he heard the soft sounds of the shower running the house had a contemporary open design so as he walked around the couch he could clearly see into the kitchen he glanced at the clock on the microwave but all he saw was a blank screen he stopped and shifted his gaze to the clock below on the range but it was out too he felt a little better that the candles were probably there as a result of the power outage however he wished he hadn t fallen asleep because he knew she was probably terrified at first when everything powered down it wasn t that he thought her weak but he was her support system and when things happened no matter how small they were it was good to have him to talk to and to walk her through those moments he walked back to the table standing to the left of the couch and opened a wooden drawer after retrieving a small high powered flashlight he flicked the switch and watched the cold white light permeate the room as he walked towards the stairway he watched shadows dance along the walls like dark wraiths waiting to strike him at any moment the shadows were an irrational fear and he knew it all the things he d come to know as a child spawned a deeply rooter fear of so many things it wasn t just the shadows but it extended to people even those that he d known for the longest of time excluding kathy were subject to his fear hell a cat jumped on his lap once and he made the most horrifically comedic shriek anyone had heard and everyone heard it that day as gabriel climbed the stairs the wooden planks under the carpet weakly creaked and the shadows packed in behind him thankfully when he reached the top the room was the first door on the left inside there was considerable more light and far more candles than there was on the first floor though there was plenty of light he was hesitant to turn the flashlight off he did it anyway because he knew if there was a severe problem with power grid the candles would only last so long as he set it on the dresser next to a crystal hummingbird collection the water in the bathroom turned off babe he called yeah sweetie i m in here gabriel walked among the specters that danced languidly to the fine light of the candles and when he reached the bathroom he opened the already cracked door kathy was just stepping out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her body she hadn t dried yet for her hair was still dripping and her skin looked as though she was as sweaty as a day worker under a hot sun she smiled at him for a moment and he walked to her he pulled her close wrapping his arms around her waist the cool blue towel unraveled fell and hung off his arms he smiled looks like i woke up at a good time oh yeah she said and kissed him with her soft lips he let the towel drop to the floor she looked at him dubiously i have to work soon do you now uh huh he kissed her again and ran his hands down the soft curves of her back though fear seemed to run his life he was a lion at heart she cuddled into him because she felt safe in his arms he held her close gabriel took a deep breath and let her go okay i ll let you finish getting ready thanks baby he watched her grab the towel from the floor and as she began to dry her wet stringy hair gabriel walked back into the bedroom he stopped at the window and glanced at the neighborhood the street lamps neighboring homes and other sources of light were all doused when did the power go out probably about a half hour after you got home he looked up at the sky and said almost inaudibly great outside the clouds had pulled together and formed a thick layer of nimbus that seemed prepared to shower the earth this was strange since only a day ago he d seen on the news that the rest of the week was supposed to be sunny days and clear nights he looked further into the horizon to see if perhaps it was just a small storm that might ve not shown up on the radar but the clouds seemed to stretch as far as his eyes could see which granted wasn t so far on such a black night in the distance probably no more than two or three miles away lighting lit the clouds and cracked their soft nature they snaked across the surface of the nimbus while others touched down near house and trees soon the loud crash of thunder boomed and then the rain began to fall steadily and heavy to the ground kathy did you hear anything about rain she exited the bathroom stood behind him and peered through the window no mr smile said it was supposed to be sunny and clear for the next ten days gabriel chuckled mr smile oh you know he has that fake white smile that seems so plastic that it s all you can see when he talks it can t be that bad you tell me you ve seen that awful thing she said and then laughed gabriel chuckled but nervously as he watched out the window he couldn t help but feel as if the rain was dangerous that perhaps the storm was bringing with it a lot of pain fear and suffering this wasn t the same nervousness he felt when he normally felt fear of something the anxiety tightening his chest and shaking his core was something far more fearsome than just petty irrational distress this was a deep terror that something was coming he turned from the window to get his mind off the storm and saw his wife finish putting on the last of her scrubs over her torso he smiled and said hello nurse is that right this is far from sexy you re sexy to me even in these filthy clothes i don t know about all that well i know and that s all that matters he said and turned back to the window i see maybe i can pilfer a sexy nurse uniform from the old storage area i m sure we still have some candy striper uniforms from the early days that would be he started to say but got lost in something he saw on the first floor near a bush at the far end of the backyard there was a black creature skulking in the shadows or at least it looked like it the movement could have been an illusion made by the rain but that coupled with his fear that something was coming made it all the more real to him in fact he thought for a moment that he might have seen eyes surely it was just a coyote yes that would explain the skulking it was probably just down there trying to find shelter from the rain underneath one of the bushes he stared deep and harder hoping to catch another glimpse of the backyard intruder but all seemed lost nothing moved other than the soft sway of the leaves and the pouring rain gabriel felt something grab his arm and terror shot through his body he turned and let out a deafening scream that was muffled by his own tongue when he realized that it was just kathy he calmed his demeanor but inside he felt the weight of something evil crushing down on his soul gabriel are you all right he shook his head no yeah i m fine just a little jumpy babe it s fine i m sure it ll pass soon enough she said and cuddled into him i know it s just i don t know the rain just has me a little frazzled i guess well don t you worry about it eventually it will all be gone and the sun will be back in just a few hours gabriel took a deep breath and kissed his wife her words were as soothing as her touch but nothing was as reassuring as the feeling of her lips against his all seemed forgotten when they shared a moment of intimacy and he was thankful she could do that for him in fact she was the only one he d ever known that could pull him clear of his funk when the kiss ended she looked up at him her hazel eyes seemed to glow gold in the candlelight and she smiled there all better he smiled with her yeah i guess so kathy turned and grabbed her keys out of a small crystal bowl adorned with hummingbirds their midflight sculpture seemed less beautiful and more frantic it was as if they were trying to escape whatever was coming but the dark evil was holding them back keeping them locked in time okay i m out of here do you need anything while i m gone he shrugged he wanted her to stay and keep him company through the stormy night no just drive safely and don t get into too much trouble with birtha she laughed birtha was the oversized and iron fisted nurse that commanded the twelve other rooms adjacent to kathy s she wasn t really all that mean once you got to know her but one look from the woman and you d expect to jump right out of your skin and hang from the ceiling she said see you soon he watched kathy leave the room he was glad the fear rema...