Chapters 6-10 goes live Sun 12th!
Dawn repeated her sentence, and soon, the hollering faded down the hall. She uncovered her ears and braved a peek. A shadow was standing by her cell, eyeing her—
It’s just the light on the ceiling.
Right. The light was causing spooky shadows to appear ghostly along the wall. But everything grew quiet again. She could hear the buzzing flies as she contemplated what those men were doing to their victim. Beheading him? Hanging him? Dawn, shut up. Just shut up and relax.
Nothing would happen to her. She bowed her head and whispered a prayer to seal the deal.
She sneezed twice and sniffed the mucus. “Rotten, nasty dust.”
Then came a small, shaky voice from the hallway that echoed, “Young, girl?”
Dawn froze and wondered who spoke as a brief deafening silence lingered.
“Young girl?” the stranger asked again. “Young girllll? Are you in there?”