"Hush, child", mother whispered to me. Her black hair buried my tear-stained face. "You knew this had to happen. It happens to all of us eventually."
Mother smiled at me in front of my parent's corpses. She held me, supporting my weight against her hip as she bounced me. Cold radiated from them into the entire room sending chills down my arms.
"You'll be okay."
Sirens blared.
Lights flashed.
I was, of course, terrified, but mother brought me home.
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The Grey
Mystery / ThrillerRaised by the town's psychic, Aine has also been cursed by the same powers that were given to her adoptive mother. Haunted, tormented, and disturbed by the things she sees and feels. Will she dive deeper into the curse, or try to break her own spiri...
