The Sinner and the Gunslinger by Lana Pecherczyk EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Lana Pecherczyk
- Language: English
- Genre: Occult Horror
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Leopards didn’t crawl through third-story bedroom windows. They
lived in the forest or jungle. The boy was only six, but he knew that.
So when he woke in the middle of the blackest night of the year and
saw the dark shadow of a large cat slink into his room and sniff around, he
thought he was dreaming.
He rubbed his eyes. Blinked. But it was still there . . . hunting, leaving
embers in its wake. A scream would wake his baby sister. She’d cried all
day, and he was so tired of hearing her wails. She’d cried like this since
they lost their mamma and papa. Sometimes he would put his thumb in her
mouth to stop the sound. Today he did it twelve times and accidentally
made her choke. The matron smacked him with a wooden spoon on his bare
bottom until he couldn’t sit.
Sniffing.
Sniffing.
Sizzling.
He gasped and hid under his covers. Maybe it wouldn’t notice him. If he
tried not to breathe, it might walk by, and he would wake up. Maybe if he
said his prayers . . . but he couldn’t remember the words. All he had was the
little red knotted bracelet his mother had bought his sister. She said it was
for warding off evil spirits, but he’d been jealous of the gift and stole it for
himself.
The fiery-eyed creature slinked around the room, its nose leaving a line
of soot as it poked and prodded. It stank like rotten, burned things and
horrible dreams. The sniffing stopped. Oh no. The boy clenched the charm.
He peeked over his covers and whimpered. The leopard had risen on its
hind legs to look over his sister’s bed. It straightened until it looked like a
man—if a man had a tail, whiskers, taloned fingers, and blazing eyes.
The boy should scream. He should say something . . . but . . . she would
cry, and he hated when she cried.
“Snuggle time,” the leopard-man hissed as he picked up the sleeping
baby.
“No!”
The leopard-man’s head twisted toward the boy so fast that embers
spilled from his eyes and caught fire on the bed. Flames licked up its legs,
burning and smoking. Leopards didn’t crawl through third-story windows,
but demons did.At the sound of the impatient voice, the boy paused the
flipping of a coin over his knuckles. He lifted his head and saw the
matron shoving a dark-haired girl into the group home’s courtyard.The girl was a scrappy thing. Dark, tangled hair hung down her thin
shoulders. Her dress was too big for her willowy frame. She hugged a
stuffed bear to her chest. When she darted
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