Wedding Bones (Part 1)

Hocking Hills, Ohio a place full of adventure and outdoor fun was the perfect setting for the wedding of the decade. A wealthy tycoon's daughter was finally getting married to the man of her dreams at the age of 26. Never suspecting the true events that were about to unfold. Allison stood in the shining sunlight at the edge of a cliff overlooking the lush green Hocking Hills forest, her arms outstretched over her head as she took in the fresh air with a long heavy breath. "What a great day to get married." She whispered to herself as she backed away from the cliffside to start heading back down to the cabin she was staying in.

Allison was always a beautiful woman, she had rich auburn hair that flowed over her body in waves of silk down to her waist. Tan skin that had the perfect kiss of sunlight without looking fake or tacky. Her long legs walked down the dirt path with ease. Overall her 5 foot 6-inch frame was curvy and toned from the hiking and water sports. Once she arrived back at the luxury cabin she was staying in, she flopped down on the soft couch in front of the fireplace and relaxed her body from the hike. After some time passed, she began to notice that something was not quite right. For one, her wedding was this evening and no one was around. Usually, the place would be busy in preparation for the big event, but not a sound could be heard.

"Hello..." Allison called out, suddenly nervous that no one was in the cabin with her. Where could everyone be? She stood up from the couch and quickly walked to the back of the cabin where all the cars were parked. All the cars were still parked in the driveway. Allison walked around the cabin and down the hill to the field where she was to get married and stopped cold in her tracks. Red. It was red, it was all RED. A twitch took over a muscle in her left cheek as the shock of it started to fully set in. Horror contorted her face as a shrill scream exploded from her vocal cords.

Red.... red.... red.... everything was red. The grass was red. The trees were red. The furniture was red too. Her pupils darted back and forth to look at everything with impossibly wide eyes. Chunks and pieces of body parts were strewn about without a care. The entire wedding party was reduced to nothing but minced meat and bones. As if they were cattle led to slaughter. Further up the aisle, the very aisle she was supposed to walk down in a few hours stood the head of her fiance on a pike. His sightless eyes stood frozen in a face that looked too calm for the situation, dripping blood in an endless stream to the puddle of red below.

"NOOOOOO!" Allison screamed until her throat was raw and aching. Weak and numb from the pure horror of it all, she sunk to her knees not realizing that she was sitting in some of the gore. A snap of a twig sounded loud in the silence after her scream. Someone approached from behind where she sat. Frozen in place, her breathing quickened as she strained to listen for a clue. Who was coming? What did they want?

As Allison sat frozen, a man crept up behind her with a curved knife to her throat. "You'll be coming with us if you don't want to end up like them." He shoved her head in the direction of the pile of bloody meat that was once her family and friends. Not knowing what else she could do, Allison agreed. Would he kill her too, or was she going to be sold in human trafficking?

To be continued in Wedding Bones (Part 2).