Embraced By Darkness
“It seemed near and yet not, outside rather than inside. Which was why I stood here rather than getting that woman out of the house and away. I might be risking her life by remaining still, but I didn’t dare do otherwise until the dark soul was near and visible. This might be our only chance to understand what the hell was going on.
The kettle whistled, the sound almost lost in the husband’s continuing tirade. Mary reached for two cups, then tipped coffee into both.
That’s when I saw it.
Black smoke, seeping into the room through the partially opened window on the opposite side of the room. It was featureless, this soul, bearing no resemblance to a human in any way, shape, or form. Perhaps it had never been human, even in life, though the anger and need to destroy that seemed to be emanating from it were both very human emotions.
It flicked along the baseboards, keeping itself low and long, barely visible against the dark carpet. When it neared the still-gesturing husband, it began to ...curl upward and around his legs, elongating and stretching, spreading itself ever finer, until it was nothing more than a smoky cloak covering his back.MoreLess
The kettle whistled, the sound almost lost in the husband’s continuing tirade. Mary reached for two cups, then tipped coffee into both.
That’s when I saw it.
Black smoke, seeping into the room through the partially opened window on the opposite side of the room. It was featureless, this soul, bearing no resemblance to a human in any way, shape, or form. Perhaps it had never been human, even in life, though the anger and need to destroy that seemed to be emanating from it were both very human emotions.
It flicked along the baseboards, keeping itself low and long, barely visible against the dark carpet. When it neared the still-gesturing husband, it began to ...curl upward and around his legs, elongating and stretching, spreading itself ever finer, until it was nothing more than a smoky cloak covering his back.MoreLess
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