Jumby Bay

Chapter 4

Wadadli Island, 1789

Blood is already spurting from a wound on his arm where he tried to fend off the first blow. He screams out something garbled. He slips, tries to get up and Kumbila strikes out at him with the razor-sharp blade, slashing his shoulder just below his neck, severing arteries and veins. He strikes out a second time as Sam tries to escape. Blood shoots across the oak floor, splattering on the mahogany walls. Sam leans forward but his jugular has been cut and it’s spraying everywhere, blinding his attackers momentarily as they leap on him to try and finish him off. He turns to face them, his features twisted in anguish and his legs give out as they hack on his knees, severing his left leg and carving the bone on his right. He’s stabbed repeatedly, the flesh tears from his bones, the blood spurting in jets, his muscles stiffen, become rigid and he goes into his death throes. His throat becomes flooded with torrents of blood and he thrashes around in agony. The blood cascades over his cheeks, over his chin. His body shakes spasmodically, the blood floods the floor of the closet. Then his eyes roll back in some kind of horrible dream state until at last it is motionless.

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