Seven Stones: Part Thirty-Nine
Previously on Seven Stones: Tremaine Aycock imprisons Kobb and Anessa in his father’s house and informs them they will be sacrificed at midnight. Dereck visits Anessa offering to let her go free if she accuses Kobb of crimes, then storms out when Anessa tells him what Tremaine has threatened. Kobb suggests Dereck likes Anessa but doesn’t know a better way to express it. The two prisoners try to release their bonds. Before they can, Tremaine and two cronies return.
Anessa twisted her head away. Being in near Heb at all had been bad enough, but the narrow corridor focused the stink, making the scent of rotten meat almost solid. As he dragged her forward, she threw herself back and forth, trying to pull free of Heb’s grasp. She wasn’t sure what she’d do with her hands still tied; silent compliance hadn’t achieved much, though, and — if nothing else — recapturing her’d waste their time.
Hawking something that was — fortunately — too dark to make out, Heb lifted her off the ground and continued towards the dim light. Ahead, Tremaine lifted a curtain, increasing both the dirty glow and the stench of the burning fat. The spill of light revealed the second thug, the one dragging Kobb, as Coraed Wheller.
Still refusing to give up, Anessa flailed her boots against Heb’s legs. He grunted with each blow, strides…
