The Stolen
“Echoes.
The sounds of something distant that might have been water dropping, but thicker. Wind howled somewhere, but no breeze touched her face.
Chloe recognized where she was even before she opened her eyes.
She was farther back from the edge of the cliff than the first time, when she had come to this place after falling off Coit Tower. Far below was what looked like a pool of mercury that bubbled and rippled uncertainly.
She noticed things she hadn’t before: directly overhead there were milli...ons and millions of stars and galaxies and strange planets she couldn’t have named, far more terrifying than the emptiness she had thought was there. It was like she was at the end of the universe, the end of everything.
Something screamed, low and insistent. When she squinted, Chloe could just make out shadowy forms flickering in and out of sight, just beyond her vision, impossible to hold for more than a second. Like they weren’t there—or like they were an optical illusion.
Chloe backed away to the edge of the cliff, putting as much distance between them and her as she could.MoreLess
The sounds of something distant that might have been water dropping, but thicker. Wind howled somewhere, but no breeze touched her face.
Chloe recognized where she was even before she opened her eyes.
She was farther back from the edge of the cliff than the first time, when she had come to this place after falling off Coit Tower. Far below was what looked like a pool of mercury that bubbled and rippled uncertainly.
She noticed things she hadn’t before: directly overhead there were milli...ons and millions of stars and galaxies and strange planets she couldn’t have named, far more terrifying than the emptiness she had thought was there. It was like she was at the end of the universe, the end of everything.
Something screamed, low and insistent. When she squinted, Chloe could just make out shadowy forms flickering in and out of sight, just beyond her vision, impossible to hold for more than a second. Like they weren’t there—or like they were an optical illusion.
Chloe backed away to the edge of the cliff, putting as much distance between them and her as she could.MoreLess
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