Chapter 99

    Chapter 1–Book Three

    “Desert King“ (Archer’s story}

    Rachel Stevens worked hard all her life, she worked two jobs and was raising her 17-year-old little

    sister Anna. It wasn’t easy but she was doing it.

    Their father died in a car ident when Rachel was just 12 and Anna was 7. Their mother died from

    cancer three yearster.

    Rachel at 15 knew that Anna could be taken away and they would be separated in different homes.

    Their mother left a life insurance policy it wasn’t a lot but it was enough to pay the bills, food, and other

    expenses.

    It wasn’t easy and they had a few close calls when a well-meaning neighbor would start checking

    things

    out.

    Rachel also started to work after school in their home babysitting for extra money. Soon though Rachel

    realized that they were not going to be able to pay the mortgage on the house much longer.

    So Rachel started looking for other ces to live. She found a little trailer park just outside of town. It

    was mostly older people in their retirement years.

    Their trailer was a normal size and they would each have their separate rooms. It wasn’t anything

    morous but it was clean and affordable. It was alsofortable, they made it their

    own.

    Anna neverined about not

    having what other kids in her school had. She always told Rachel that being together was far more

    important.

    The fact that there were two other families there with children Anna’s age helped out a lot as well.

    They did keep their mom’s car, Rachel could have sold it but she used it as a cover, to give the look

    that adults were there living with them.

    She also learned how to drive and got her license. It was mostly though, for emergencies, they couldn’t

    afford to have insurance and pay for the gas.

    Now that she is older and working two jobs the car went from emergency use only, to everyday use.

    It was a good thing because at the moment Rachel had to work two jobs. Her sister though is a major

    nerd,

    still, she is 17 years old, and at that age, they are bound to do a little exploring with things.

    She was grateful that Anna turned out so smart and not so wild. Still, Rachel did worry.

    She had enough time in her schedule to see her before she got on the bus for school and to pick her

    up at school. They would have dinner before she had to go to work again. Sleep and repeat.

    Her jobs were not morous but they paid the bills and the second job was going for Anna’s college

    fund. During the day she worked as a maid in a fancy hotel uptown. Her second was a janitor at night

    for a trade school.

    She only had a GED education, she had to stop school in herst year because she had to get a job.

    The funds left from her mother’s

    insurance policy were running out.

    There was no other choice. So she did her online school work from the library between taking care of

    Anna and working.

    She promised herself that when Anna was off to college that she would focus on herself and what she

    wanted to do in the future.

    To be honest, she hasn’t had much time to give any real thought as to what she wanted to do with her

    future. She never had aplete day off work.

    She was just getting off from her night job, it was a little after one am. She had to walk to the other side

    of the parking lot to get to her car.

    Janitorial staff was not allowed to park in the closer parking spots, they were reserved for students and

    faculty only.

    She hated it because it was always so dark getting to her car, especially since there was an industrial

    park just on the other side of the campus.

    She was just about halfway to her car when she heard a strange noise. It wasn’t very loud it sounded

    like a snarl and then there was a whimper and a moan.

    She looked around to see where the sounds wereing from. In the distance, she saw two shadows

    that appeared to be fighting,

    One was a man, the other looked to be a really big animal. It was too dark to tell though. She was

    about to shout out to the man to look out when a hand covered her mouth.

    She tried to get away but whoever it was, they were too strong for her to fight. Just as she was about to

    bite

    their hand. The person behind her whispered in her ear.

    “Be silent, I am going to take you with me back into the shadows so it doesn’t see you.”

    She felt shivers going across her skin and heat welling up between her thighs. She had never had this

    kind of reaction before. 2

    She had tingles every ce that he touched her.

    Rachel went still and let the man take her back towards the campus and into the shadow of some

    trees.