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You found a story! Off the Path: The Prodigal by Janice. Scary Tale. Rated PG. WC: 990. Just before dark on Halloween is not the best time to lose the path in the Wheeler game preserve. You never know what you might find there. |
As you move deeper into the preserve, the land seems to slope gently downward. The mist grows heavier and the forest takes on a decidedly dismal air. You turn to look up toward a low ridge to your right and are surprised to see a dim figure in white, moving among the dark, bare trees.
You wonder who the woman is and if you should call out to her, but even as you silently debate your next move, she vanishes from sight. It must have been a trick of the moonlight, you decide with a shudder. She didn't truly vanish. She merely passed from your sight into the surrounding darkness.
The oppressive gloom around you is unnerving. You hurry forward, hoping to escape this dreary place behind find something better ahead.
You wonder who the woman is and if you should call out to her, but even as you silently debate your next move, she vanishes from sight. It must have been a trick of the moonlight, you decide with a shudder. She didn't truly vanish. She merely passed from your sight into the surrounding darkness.
The oppressive gloom around you is unnerving. You hurry forward, hoping to escape this dreary place behind find something better ahead.