Torment – Chapters One & Two

TORMENT

(Thornton Brothers Book Five)

CHAPTER ONE – JAKE

 

Another nightmare woke me. I sat up, the sheets strewn and twisted around my body, heart thudding, pulse racing and sweat covering my body. Untangling myself, I moved silently past my brother sleeping on the mattress on the floor and raced up the stairs that led to the roof. I tried not to give in to the panic and desperation I felt for fresh air. I tried to move like a person who wasn’t tortured by their dreams and craving escape. A...