Dark Days

By Quell T. Fox

Sometimes disasters are disguised as blessings, and sometimes those disasters are demons in the form of your savior, but when darkness is all you know, the light is frightening, even if it's where you're meant to be.

Tessa is struggling.
With no one to turn to, she finds herself in the dark, in a place where she knows nothing but pleasure… so why would she want to leave?
At first, it's bliss… the perfect life.
But then things start to change, and soon enough everything is spiraling out of control.
There's something there, something she's supposed to remember…
A memory so painful it's nearly ruined her life.
Can Tessa face that pain to fix her marriage? Or will the demon forever keep her under his spell and in his dark grasp?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Quell T. Fox
• Release date: May 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201483524

Book preview

Chapter One

The door creaks open. The sound of Reed’s expensive shoes slap on the hardwood floor of our too-large bedroom that overlooks the Savannah River. Each tap has me internally cringing, my skin covering in goosebumps.

Tessa? Have you been in here all day? 

He’s annoyed. He’s always annoyed when he finds me in bed after getting home from work. It’s rare I leave it though. I know I get up to feed myself and to use the bathroom. I even shower sometimes. But I don’t really remember any of those occasions. My brain is constantly filled with a thick fog and I can’t always tell what’s real and what isn’t.

Come on, Tessa. You need to get up.

Two more footsteps and he’s at the edge of our king-sized bed. My back is to him but I feel his presence. I can sense how close he is. Yet, he’s still so far away.

Yeah, Tessa. You need to get up.

Shut up! I plead. I don’t know why I waste my time though. He never listens.

It’s because you like having me, even if you don’t want to admit it. Like that you are no longer alone.

He is not wrong.

Not at all.

I’ve come to enjoy knowing there is always someone with me. No matter what I do, no matter where I go… I am never alone.

Reed is up before the sun. Then it’s time to hit the gym. Breakfast. Shower and off to work. By the time he gets home, the sun is down once again. I’m left here all day long.

Alone.

When we married, I thought I knew what I was getting into. I thought I could handle this kind of life—the dutiful housewife.

Turns out I was wrong.

I don’t like being alone.

But you’re not alone anymore…

When he first came to me, I was terrified. I had no idea what was going on. I’d heard so many stories of this type of thing but I never thought it could be true. I’ve seen the movies, even went as far as seeking out videos online to see if it really was true. If any of those horror films that say they’re based on true stories are actually based on real life events. Turns out some of them are.

 But that was all before. I never in a million years thought something like that—like this—could happen to me. Tessa. Sweet, innocent, lively, happy-go-lucky, Tessa. But isn’t that how it always is?

This is nothing like what I’ve seen on TV. Nothing. It isn’t scary, not at all. In fact, I find it comforting. And no one else knows, no one can tell what is really happening, because for some reason, he isn’t feeding off of my body or my soul or whatever those other demons do. Instead, he feeds off of something