"It was the oddest thing, the way I found this clue... It was a shadow that told me about it not many days ago."
"A shadow?" Grandma's voice revealed she could not believe her ears.
"Yes, a shadow. But not like the shadows of the city of Immortals. This one was more like a... ghost. Someone who had really died."
"A ghost?"
"Yes, the ghost of a young woman," Mr. Donnelly nodded, "I was sitting in my study, doing some... translation work... when she materialized in my room. I have to say that in my old life I would have been scared out of my wits, but after a while one gets used to all sorts of creatures in the city of the Immortals. I knew she was not an ordinary shadow. She was beautiful, not at all like the twisted shadows on the City."
Click Follow to receive emails when this author adds content on Bublish
Comment on this Bubble
Your comment and a link to this bubble will also appear in your Facebook feed.