Sundown (Adrift, #2)
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every hour spent tending to the farm as it haemorrhaged a little more money had become a dreadful burden that squatted heavily on Barry’s soul.
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his thoughts a shapeless roar.
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Josh had been ripped apart like wet paper; human form reduced to a slick pile of steaming meat.
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It looked right at him. Right into him. Eyes like claws. Reaching into his thoughts, sinking into the surface of his mind like meathooks.
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He broke the surface. Gulped down a lungful of air that scorched like napalm. Screamed.
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Dan awoke with a scream that emptied out of his throat like acid,
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Jeremy knew it was the truth as soon as the thought occurred; felt it squirming in his gut like a tapeworm.
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Sam had never seen eyes so wide, so marked by naked terror.
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The voice of his addiction, unspooling in his mind.
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square space lined with overpriced shops, and a bar in which unoccupied seats were as rare as reasonable rent.
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the atmosphere in the room itself was rotten with tension.
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with each step forward, the mood among the officers became a little more toxic, the apprehension ripening inside them just that little bit more evident.
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landing with a fluid motion like an uncoiling snake.
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sweeping him up and tearing him apart in a dull explosion of blood
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With a roar, the vampire charged toward a group of stunned pedestrians, impacting upon them like a speeding combine harvester, chewing up muscle and sinew as it carved through them
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The silence in the place was putrid,
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The journey in the helicopter had become bloated with pounding anxiety
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There wasn’t time to wallow in her remorse; not yet, but the grief was there, lurking somewhere in her rear view mirror, gradually closing in on her.