Moonlight Escape

Moonlight Escape, Part 1

By: Susan Deborah Schiller

Previous WeWriWa Snippet "Willing to Slay"

(1) Laura instinctively knew that forward momentum was safer than hiding. (2) Casting a downward glance into the shadowy ravine, she spotted her predator's lanky body crumpled headfirst into the base of a sprawling juniper tree. (3) Laura winced as she noticed a glistening black streak spreading through his blue jeans where she had cut him deeply.

(4) Her mind was still numb with shock, for as many times as she had attempted to escape this was the first time she had cleared the barbed wire fence and made it into the dusky woods encircling the property. (5) It wasn't that she was especially brave or courageous – she was just a woman who loved peace and beauty, truth and justice – and it was high time to get her life back, she told herself.

(6) No one would ever suspect the peaceful country mansion in the northern woods was home to a malignant predator who conducted sadistic psychological experiments on young female captives, so it was up to her to set herself free and get help for the other prisoners.

(7) As the first few drops of icy October rain stung her cheeks, Laura launched herself up from the ground and began to run. (8) There was no time to lose if she was going to make it down the 2-mile winding private road before sunset and she knew it wouldn't be long before both her absence and the director's was noticed.

To be continued: Part 2 of Moonlight Escape

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This is a true story from my blog that I'm slowly rewriting into fiction. Laura, whose name means "Victorious One," is dreaming in this segment, and discovering that her dream life closely parallels and links to her conscious life, supplying her with uncanny wisdom that fuels her journey to freedom. Thank you for any wisdom or guidance you may have – I appreciate you reading! I look forward to reading your snippet!

The 8-Sentence Weekend Writing Warriors Blog-Hop Challenge: Each week, participants sign up HERE at WeWriWa, then post 8 sentences of their work, published or unpublished, to go live between 12:00 noon Saturday, and 9:00 AM Sunday EST.  Then we visit each other, read, comment, critique, encourage–all those great things that do a solitary writer's heart good.