I am following on from Monday’s prompt response which you can find here and which ended thus:
The footsteps closed in. Warm breath raising the fine hairs on her neck. Courage. She stopped, turned.
I am here, she told the whispering darkness. Tell me your task.
Death came too early, the warm breath murmured. See, I am not yet cold in the grave. A young woman, dressed in a summer nightgown, thick dark hair falling uncombed to her shoulders. She bore the opaqueness of recent death.
Someone – this young...
Published on July 26, 2023 02:00