CHAPTER 4- tick tock
I felt the weight of a heavy breath beat against my cheek. In out. In. Out.
Something brushed against my leg, I slipped it back in the sheet, burring myself a deeper hole.
My heart beat hammered, the old grandfather clock ticked louder. A strangled noise came from my throat at the same time a tear slipped down my cheek, hitting the corner of my mouth, letting me taste the salty bitterness of my own fear.
Tick. A rustle of cloth. In.
Tock. It stopped. Out.
Tick. Something cold pressed against my temple. in.
Tock. The pressure eased. Out.
Tick. ‘sweet dreams.’ A husky voice shook, a shudder leaping through my body. In.
Tock. Silence. Out.
And with that, the rest of the night i heard nothing. Nothing but the sound of my own fearful breaths...
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Fragile wings...
Romancea story about human 17 yr old girl, in a human world, chancing upon mythical world after she had a fight with her childish mother just after her graduation... she is sickly and fragile, constantly he weak body threatens her. she has no father...
