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Chapter Forty-Nine: The Call

Chapter Forty-Nine: The Call

Sorry that this is such a short chapter. I've been caught up in other things - I hope you guys understand!

I also don't feel like this one needs music.

Bryony

 

My grip on the wheel was like iron, though my sweating palms caused the leather ring to be slippy with perspiration. My eyes nervously darted across the road, an anxiety like no other causing physical agony; the worry that pressed down on my chest threatened to crush my lungs under the weight.

 

My heart beat was so rapid and violent that I was convinced I could feel every pulse attack each artery, and the adrenaline that sprouted caused my muscles to be rigid with tension and aching to move, though I was frozen solid in my seat. My fingers curled tighter around the wheel. My chest constricted as I took in a sharp breath.

 

Five hours had flown by. The lines of shops and busy people bustling on the pavement had gradually faded away into fields of yellow flowers and narrow, dirt tracks. Though it was dark, I could vaguely see a few horses and other animals trotting around on the fields, clearly free of worry. I, on the other hand, felt as if I could vomit up my insides because of how much anxiety was crushing me.

 

I looked away from the fields, concentrating on the road now. My hair covered my view slightly, and I frantically swatted the bangs away and shook my head. Out here in the countryside, the light of the moon illuminated the concrete I drove across, offering nothing but a feeble glow that my car lights managed to slice through. Flies and dust particles, sometimes even a small stone or two, sparked through the light and cut through the only piece of hope that I was holding on to.

 

There was suddenly a sound that you could not compare to any other, and the groaning of metal and the screeching of car tyres against the road suddenly cut me out of my daze. My eyes were wide open, and the sight of brighter, bigger car lights heading toward my own small vehicle snapped my instincts in order. My eyes widened to an impossible size, and my pupils enlarged to the point where there seemed to be only a black hole planted in a white socket.

 

I jerked my arms to the left. The wheel seemed to weigh a tonne but I held it in position. Hopefully, I would be able to avoid the oncoming truck that was heading towards me with it’s monster body. My eyes, despite what safety it would take from me, zipped shut and willed the comfortless darkness to take me into dreamland, or out of it, rather, though I knew that this was more than a nightmare.

 

The sweat lined my brow and my breathing hitched. Everything paused before there was an incredible force that slammed into the metal on my car, crushing it with the metal of the trucks shark teeth. My head was thrown forwards, and smacked against the steering wheel that had offered me no support.

 

There was a long pause, and a sharp ringing was present in my ears. My entire body felt as if it were on fire, though I couldn’t feel my legs, the white-hot sensation still pumped through my veins. Was I afraid? No.

 

A blinding flash of white light cut through my vision, and my pounding head finally gave into the pressure. I was finally able to sleep.