The Destructive Adventures of the Lovers - Chapter 32: The Mysterious Goblin

... use, darkness creeping up the walls like moans of forgotten voices. He gazed at the flickering candle, its white flame curling and quivering with every creak of the groaning wooden floorboards. The air was heavy, like a mouthful of breathed air, and he shivered as a gust of cold crept under the door.

And then there was a crack out of the woods, sharp and snapping and bone-like as it cut through the silence. Owen's heart skipped a beat. He stood by the window, his own breath fogging the g ...