From the Indie Side by Indie Side Publishing

Author:Indie Side Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: vampire, urban fantasy, horror, adventure, anthology, short, science fiction, time travel, sci fi, short fiction collection, howey

ii. The Lady in the Glass

A thump, and Tamina slammed face down upon a treacherous ledge, arms and legs flailing over the drop. A powerful updraft pinned her to the overhang long enough for her to scramble backward. She hunched, perching dangerously. Frightened, sobbing and drenched. Rain streamed down in an ever-increasing deluge, battering weak ferns and grasses clinging desperately to the exposed rock shelf. Angry seas crashed and thundered.

“Yore!” she shouted against the squall. “Yore! Help Tam!” Why he done this? Why he so angry?

Hours passed as she huddled there. Sodden. Too frightened to move. Her muscles cramping. Hoping above hope for a rescue that never came. A steady torrent brought mud to her ledge, seeking to dislodge her, the wind jamming her backward—the elements fighting one another for the prize of her soul. She hung on, her despairing tears hidden by the squall, her stricken face occasionally illuminated by flashes of lightning.

As dawn approached—the long, immense tube of the elongated sun flickering and glowing into slow, reddened life—Tamina became aware of a rumble beneath her feet. The sound grew in volume, drowning out the wind and the constant battering of rain. Terrifying her. With a deafening crack, her ledge and half the cliff side dropped in one huge landslip. Tamina fell too. An unwilling passenger riding upon the falling promontory. The slide stopped with a jolt, throwing her backwards, rocks and debris tumbling around her. The ledge cracking and crumbling. A flash of lightning revealed a small cavern opened by the collapse. Dancing like a spider, Tamina scuttled into the sudden cave, throwing herself through the entrance.

…And that was how Tamina met the Lady in the Glass.

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