The Darkest Parts of Me by Shandy Mandarino EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Renn
FIVE YEARS LATER
I can still see every single one of their faces. The pure panic flashing in
their eyes, the sound of explosions, and the eerie creaking of bending
metal. It was complete destruction.
The nightmares make it all too real, and it isn’t until the droning sound of
my alarm pulls me from sleep that I remember I’m in the comfort of my
bed, and those events happened a long time ago, somewhere far, far away
from here.
I can’t remember the last time I truly slept through the night without
dreaming of that horrific day. Some nights are better than others, but it
always happens.
Rubbing my eyes, I try to move my legs, but they’re trapped under the
weight of the forty-pound shepherd dog lying on top of them.
She doesn’t move an inch.
One way or another, Shy always finds her way onto my bed sometime in
the night, but her presence is more of a comfort than an annoyance. I reach
down to pet her fluffy, pointy ears, and she reluctantly stretches her legs
then bounds off the bed.
My room is in the cabin’s loft with the kitchen, bathroom, and living area
on the main floor. It’s an open space with windows and large skylights
above allowing ample daylight—and moonlight—in.
It’s not much, which is the way I like it.
Simple.
I follow Shy down the steps and flick on a few lights to illuminate the
darkness, as it’s still pitch black outside. She patiently waits by her bowl,
her tail wagging wildly as the clanging sound of the food falls into it. I
leave her to enjoy breakfast before heading to the back door. Sliding on my
boots and grabbing a jacket, I brave the chilly yet comfortable morning air.
I begin every day the same, waking before the sun peeks over the
mountain tops, and watching the night sky full of scattered stars slowly fade
away as the sunlight gradually takes over the darkness. The back porch of
the house is the perfect place to see the sky before the day begins, as there
are fewer trees on this side of the house to block the view. It has become a
habit to take this time to remind myself how fortunate I am to be here,
standing on solid ground, surrounded by clean, unfiltered air, and not
forever wandering through the cosmos, or worse, dead.
The last five years have been an adventure, to say the least.
When I took my first step onto this planet’s surface, my survival training
kicked in without much effort or thought—just one of the many areas I was
trained in during my years at the academy’s extensive space program. I was
merely a child when I was accepted into the academy, but by the time I was
twenty-five, I had reached the peak of my career in the space exploration
field.
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