Overtaken by Sarah Gilbert (snow like ashes .TXT) 📖

I sat with my back pressed against the wall, hugging my knees trying to breathe, think, anything. I let the tears roll down my cheeks as I tremble trying to hold back my sobs. My heart raced as I slowly peeked around the corner, a black shape moved like a shadow, hissing and wailing. I turned back letting my head rest against the wall. I looked down the hall to my right, it was dark but I could see a white door at the end. I quietly stood up and started sprinting in one motion. I ran, my converse barely touching the ground before coming up again to take another step. The door swung open without a sound, why wasn’t it locked? All the rooms in this house were locked. I cautiously stepped in, closing the door behind me.

A chair squeaks across the room. Every muscle in my body tenses, I seem to freeze over. My mind floods with fear, consuming every part of me.

A not quite human male voice cackles, a light flickers to life, forcing me to look into his pure black eyes. Millennia of killed souls swarm in his eyes, looking for a way out, and I’m his next target of pray. A key dangles from a pocket in his black robes. He lunges for me, I fall to the ground rolling over, but by the time I’m facing up he’s already on top of me. He stares into my eyes, taking apart my soul, “Ready to join your friends?” I close my eyes.

Publication Date: 11-28-2012

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