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The Dare (Part four)
The Daily Word #156 — Reveal
Denise and Angeline stared at the mausoleum doors, frozen in fear. Angeline’s heart was racing so fast that she no longer felt cold from the brutal winds encircling them.
After a few seconds of silence, the sounds of stone scraping stone started up again, quickly followed by a loud crash.
“Is that … is that a tomb … opening?!”
Denise nodded, eyes wide. “It sounded like it. Let’s get out of here!”
But the winds had become increasingly stronger, swirling around them and suddenly confining them in the eye of a mini-hurricane. They could see branches and debris rapidly circling around them, carried by the furious current. They dared not move. They were safe from the tempest around them, but trapped where they no longer wished to be.
“What’s happening?!” Angeline shouted, so as to be heard above the roar of the wind. Denise noticed that her cheeks were stained with tears.
Denise didn’t know what to do. She closed her eyes to think, dislodging her own tears that had been welling up. Maybe they could brave the windstorm — push through it and get back to the cemetery entrance. But she was so disoriented from the wind whipping around them that she didn’t know…
