Apparently, ignoring the woman in voluminous red, draped in a bouquet of red roses as if they were a couture dress, was a mistake. A shrill voice erupted from her mouth immediately snapping my attention to her face.
“What a wonderful day for guest.” Her smile was disingenuous as it didn’t reach past her cheekbones. Her dark eyes spoke of more insidious things.
Flynn and I took a step back. We weren’t scared as much as we had no idea of the enemy that stood before us. The women in red with a mop of crimson curls atop her head took a proprietary step towards us. She loomed over us and would have blotted out the sun if there had been a sun in the azure sky.
My neck craned back to stare at the woman that stood before me. Her eyes were golden like fire lit them from inside.
“You absolutely must join me for dinner.”
I found my footing matching Flynn’s as we took another step in the opposite direction.
Her cartoonish smile curved every more, never once meeting her eyes.
In a deeper and sincere voice, she whispered, “You have nothing to fear.”
Apparently, ignoring the woman in voluminous red, draped in a bouquet of red roses as if they were a couture dress, was a mistake. A shrill voice erupted from her mouth immediately snapping my attention to her face.
“What a wonderful day for guest.” Her smile was disingenuous as it didn’t reach past her cheekbones. Her dark eyes spoke of more insidious things.
Flynn and I took a step back. We weren’t scared as much as we had no idea of the enemy that stood before us. The women in red with a mop of crimson curls atop her head took a proprietary step towards us. She loomed over us and would have blotted out the sun if there had been a sun in the azure sky.
My neck craned back to stare at the woman that stood before me. Her eyes were golden like fire lit them from inside.
“You absolutely must join me for dinner.”
I found my footing matching Flynn’s as we took another step in the opposite direction.
Her cartoonish smile curved every more, never once meeting her eyes.
In a deeper and sincere voice, she whispered, “You have nothing to fear.”