Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 27296 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 136(@200wpm)___ 109(@250wpm)___ 91(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27296 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 136(@200wpm)___ 109(@250wpm)___ 91(@300wpm)
All Kaliah Williams wanted was to enjoy a fun vacation with her girls. But it soon becomes clear her travel companions aren’t the friends she believed them to be. Things go from bad to worse when a series of setbacks leads them to a detour in a town called Serenity Falls. But to their horror, they find out there’s more to this idyllic hideaway than meets the eye.
Three predators ready to claim their prey…
In a town full of monsters, no one is more feared than the Black brothers. Colt, Leland and Zeke have waited their entire lives for the right person to come and soothe the beasts that lurks within them. The right one to fulfill their every savage desire. When they catch a whiff of the fresh batch of ‘meat’ for the annual hunt they’ll stop at nothing until they catch their prize.
A game of cat and mouse…
Kaliah is captured and made to participate in a deadly hunt where she’s the prey. Her only chance of survival is to find a way out of this twisted town. But she’ll soon learn there is no escape when she finds herself in the crosshairs of three hungry predators who only have eyes, teeth and claws for her.
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CHAPTER 1
“Idon’t think it’s a good idea, to light that up right now. We’re in an unfamiliar area and if we get pulled over that could be a big issue.” Kaliah crinkled her nose in anticipation of the smell that would soon fill the already cramped and uncomfortable car.
“Uh, would you just shut the fuck up? You’re killing our vibe, Kaliah.” Sasha rolled her eyes heavenward, inhaling deeply on the blunt she gripped tightly between her thumb and forefinger. She slowly blew out puffy clouds of smoke in circular patterns, filling the car with the pungent stink of marijuana.
Kaliah blindly reached for the window button on the back passenger door beside her to get some fresh air but the glass remained in place.
She pressed again with no result. “The window isn’t going down.”
“Because I locked it, girl.” Brianna said from the driver’s seat. “First of all, it’s too chilly for the window to be down and second, as you just pointed out, we’re in an unfamiliar area so we don’t need to draw unwanted attention. The police could be hiding anywhere.”
“But I can’t breathe, and our clothes are going to reek when we finally get out of the car,” Kaliah protested.
Kaliah waved at the cloud of smoke that engulfed the car but it didn’t stop it from infiltrating her nostrils. If this continued, she’d be just as high as her travel companions.
Nicole who was sitting next to her in the back seat released a loud groan. “Uh, can’t we just toss this bitch out on the side of the road? Who invited her anyway?”
Brianna chuckled. “Be nice, Nic. You’re going to make her cry. Besides, we needed a fourth person to help us pay for the room because Desi’s baby daddy was tripping and she couldn’t come with us.”
“Well, I’m not sharing a room with her,” Nicole declared, staring at Kaliah in a way that dared her to say something back.
“Me neither,” Sasha chimed in before taking another deep drag from her joint.
A sinking sensation in the pit of Kaliah’s belly made her wince. These so-called friends of hers had been making sly comments about her since the beginning of their journey. They’d made fun of her outfit, the way she talked, walked and her enthusiasm to be a part of this girl’s trip she’d been looking forward to since she’d been invited.
If she pointed out that they were being rude, they called her sensitive or said they were joking. It got to a point where she sat quietly in her seat not saying anything while Sasha, Brianna and Nicole laughed and chatted like she wasn’t there. It made for an excruciating 10 hour road trip and according to the GPS, the last time she checked, they had four more hours to go.
There was one point in their journey where she’d fallen asleep, and she woke up to an empty car. She was in the parking lot of a restaurant and no one had bothered to wake her up! When Kaliah had gone inside, they were finishing their meals and refused to wait for her to order food, stating that they were already behind schedule.
Hearing she was only asked to come along as a stand in tracked. These so-called friends of hers had been leaving her out of things since high school, so why would now be any different? She’d spent money on new clothes and getting her hair braided for this trip only for them to make her feel like an unwelcome guest.
Speaking up would probably lead to them all ganging up on her again, but she’d had enough. Between her empty stomach, the beginnings of a headache and their ‘inside jokes’, Kaliah had enough.
“If I’m paying the same amount as the three of you, I will also get a bed. The website says there are two full size beds in each room. I don’t care if none of you want to share the room with me or not, I will get the accommodations I’m paying for, and the three of you will just have to figure it out.
The car went silent.
But Kaliah was far from finished. The anger that had been festering within her had finally bubbled to the top and exploded. “And another thing, if you didn’t want me to come along on the trip, you shouldn’t have invited me in the first place. Or maybe you could have canceled it altogether because you couldn’t afford to go without a fourth. Don’t be mad that I’m here in Desi’s place, be mad because you’re broke. You three need to grow the fuck up. This isn’t high school anymore and I’m tired of being your punching bag.”
“Whenever I make a suggestion, you tune me out or tell me to shut up. Maybe if you would have listened to me, we wouldn’t be lost in the middle of nowhere because you wanted to take a shortcut that wasn’t on the map. Now we have no idea where we are, no one has been able to get phone service in the last half hour and the car is low on gas.”