Deep in the woods, some animal-a fox, she thought-shrieked. Birds screamed and took flight, hundreds pouring out of the boughs and shooting skyward in a frenzy of whirring wings. Related: The Scariest Horror Books We're Most Looking Forward to in 2021Īll at once, as though an invisible cue had been given, the woods burst into life. The window is probably really well soundproofed or something. Wolf got jittery, and now outside is quiet-that’s all. You’re frightening yourself over nothing. She couldn’t detect any motion, but she was also acutely aware that a person standing just outside of the block of illumination would be invisible. The window’s light illuminated a rectangle of the long, weedy grass that stretched ahead of her but nothing else. She skipped her eyes across the yard, trying to pick out shapes in the near darkness. Even the trees seemed to be lying still despite the house’s groaning against the wind. She tried to block both noises out as she listened for a birdcall, a cricket, an owl-any proof that the world outside hadn’t been muted. Her heart’s thundering beats fought to be heard over the fire.
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