Amber Reflections
NikkiS
Brief Excerpt: Smoke curls underneath the door like a phantom stealing into the room. The crackling and popping of its flames mingle with the screams of her parents down the hall.... Within moments, the black, acrid smoke finds her hiding place and swoops in to begin its slow torture. Its wispy tendrils reach out and cloud her eyes, making them burn and water in irritation. With rising panic, the girl’s breathing becomes frenzied gasps, inadvertently sucking the deadly pollutant into her lungs. Her body shakes with violent coughs in an attempt to rid itself of the suffocating air, but her vision quickly narrows and darkness beckons her.