On the Fringe by Courtney King Walker

Author:Courtney King Walker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Lands Atlantic Publishing
Published: 2011-10-16T22:00:00+00:00

Daniel

I knew someone else was there right away. The chills bombarded me as soon as my connection with Claire ended, but I waited until after accompanying her safely home before turning around to face my visitor.

“What do you want?” I asked.

The woman was hovering about fifteen feet off the ground, floating on a tree branch like it was a bench. I wondered if she thought it more intimidating this way. I guess it kind of was.

She smiled.

It was the same lady as before—the one with the crazy hair. Except this time she was wearing some sort of puffy white nightgown, which looked a little graveyard-ghost-like from some old gothic novel.

“You still following me?” I asked.

She shook her head, her lips pressed together like she was afraid to speak. But it didn’t look like she wanted to leave, either. Her eyes widened as she surveyed our surroundings, and then she drifted downward until we were face to face. Purposefully darting around me, she zigzagged through the trees as if looking for something, and then halted in front of me. With a finger to her lips, she said, “Shhhhh.”

“Lady, I really don’t have time for this,” I said. Okay, so maybe I did, but it sounded much more confrontational when I put it that way.

“I came to warn you,” she whispered.

“About what? Why are you whispering?”

She drifted closer until her lips were at my ear, making me just slightly uncomfortable. “He comes after your connection with her.”

“He? Who? What?”

“He haunts her. You let it happen.”

“So…What do you want me to do?”

She still appeared nervous, looking everywhere but in my eyes. “Stop connecting to her, dummy.”

“Wait… You mean…?” But I trailed off, understanding too well. I didn’t want to believe it.

The rain started up again, first a few random raindrops spattering through us, and then a shower escalating to a deafening torrent, drowning out any other sound. I watched her through the downpour, waiting for more. But she seemed finished, and suddenly turned, shooting off through the trees toward the lake.

I chased after her. “How do you know all this? Who are you?”

But she was picking up speed, zooming across the lake and over the rooftops, until all I could see was the tips of her hair, trailing behind her.

I gave up chase, stopping at the far side of the lake, watching her fade into the night.

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