Afterlight
“And Eve vanished in a gust so strong I felt it lift the ends of my hair. The stairwell went dark. All that lingered was the scent of crushed violets.
I pretty much tried to crawl inside Jordan’s jacket at that point, and I noticed he wasn’t pushing me away.
‘Gather what?’ I squeaked. ‘Like…body parts?’ I craned my head up at the darkness beyond the landing. ‘She up there?’ I imagined Eve, slowly disintegrating on beer-stained carpet, in place of the cat lady. And almost gagged as the st...ench of Hatherlea rose up again, ghostly, in my nostrils. If Eve was really up there, it would be cat lady to the nth power.
‘I don’t know,’ Jordan murmured, troubled. ‘But there are maybe things she, uh, left behind? I think she wants us to retrieve some…stuff for her. From that bar upstairs.’ ‘What stuff?’ I almost howled. ‘What could she possibly want stuff for?’ I fought Jordan as he started moving towards the stairs.MoreLess
I pretty much tried to crawl inside Jordan’s jacket at that point, and I noticed he wasn’t pushing me away.
‘Gather what?’ I squeaked. ‘Like…body parts?’ I craned my head up at the darkness beyond the landing. ‘She up there?’ I imagined Eve, slowly disintegrating on beer-stained carpet, in place of the cat lady. And almost gagged as the st...ench of Hatherlea rose up again, ghostly, in my nostrils. If Eve was really up there, it would be cat lady to the nth power.
‘I don’t know,’ Jordan murmured, troubled. ‘But there are maybe things she, uh, left behind? I think she wants us to retrieve some…stuff for her. From that bar upstairs.’ ‘What stuff?’ I almost howled. ‘What could she possibly want stuff for?’ I fought Jordan as he started moving towards the stairs.MoreLess
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