Death's Ink Black Shadow (31 page)

Too late now. She was gone, along with all the others they’d lost over the years.

Would he ever not think about the body suspended in the peat? Unchanged—never changing. Were its eyes open? Was it staring in horror at them across the moorland grass that separated its resting place from theirs?

Was it watching them?

Ben shuddered.

Shadows from moonlight played and danced around the glass of their bedroom. They seemed just slightly more ominous now.

It was okay.

Life wasn’t sunlit uplands and glass houses, vast wealth and running around with your pretty boyfriend in the expensive toys he bought you.

Life was wearing armour too heavy to bear and carrying weapons too eager to be used.

Life was learning to swim hard and fast and keep your head above the shit.

Life was having someone alongside you in every single manoeuvre, every fall, every painful rise again, and knowing that, win or lose, the war was never fought alone.

To be continued in Enduring Night…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Wiltshire currently resides in New Zealand while he attempts to raise enough money to return to England and buy a house on Dartmoor. This endeavour is taking longer than he’d planned.

TRADEMARKS ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The author acknowledges the trademark status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Russian Standard: Russian Standard Vodka, LLC.

Romanée Conti: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

Volvo Estate: The Volvo Group

Ducati: Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.

Times: Times Newspapers, Ltd.

Land Rover: Jaguar Land Rover Automotive, PLC.

Mercedes: Daimler AG

Maserati GranTurismo: Maserati S.p.A.

Maserati: Maserati S.p.A.

Lycra: Invista S.à r.l.

I Spit On Your Grave: Cinemagic Pictures

Morris Minor: Morris Motors Limited

Walther PPK: Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen

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