Fairer Than Morning (2011)
“HE fell soundlessly into the snow, facedown. There was no visible mark upon him, but a scarlet circle bled outward into the whiteness like a diabolical halo. She looked up, still clutching the log. Her mother stood in front of her, and her face grew old at an impossible rate, furrows dragging her skin downward, her hair graying to a silver mist.
“I’m sorry,” she said. Her mother turned and shuffled away through the snow.
“Don’t go!” Ann called after her, her voice thick with tears.
She dropped ...the log and stood. A pain in her hands made her turn them palm upward. They were smeared with blood, which dripped down through her fingers and fell like crimson rain into the snow below her.
She opened her eyes. Her hands were curled toward her in the bed, her legs drawn up under the covers as if she huddled for protection. Leaden sadness pressed her down, making her limbs heavy and useless, as if she were not in control of her body but only an observer trapped deep inside it.
She took a breath and broke the dream’s spell, finding herself once more capable of motion.MoreLess
“I’m sorry,” she said. Her mother turned and shuffled away through the snow.
“Don’t go!” Ann called after her, her voice thick with tears.
She dropped ...the log and stood. A pain in her hands made her turn them palm upward. They were smeared with blood, which dripped down through her fingers and fell like crimson rain into the snow below her.
She opened her eyes. Her hands were curled toward her in the bed, her legs drawn up under the covers as if she huddled for protection. Leaden sadness pressed her down, making her limbs heavy and useless, as if she were not in control of her body but only an observer trapped deep inside it.
She took a breath and broke the dream’s spell, finding herself once more capable of motion.MoreLess
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