Shady

“…in the tunnels,” she said very quietly. “It really upset Tomhas. I shouldn’t have told him.”

“I mean… I’m not sure they are cursed… but they think I may be.”

Ky took a deep breath. “It sounds crazy… I know it does… but… well… what if… what if it’s possible… that there are… other spirits around…”

She looked at him, anguished. This was so heavy to carry alone. And yet it wasn’t fair to burden Tomhas with this. And there wasn’t really another option here. She ...

“Well Rönn… and then the trolls… and now this… its too much.”

“I don’t know, it…” she sighed, rubbing her face. “I want things to stop happening to me. I don’t understand. How. Or why. Or…or…” She sighed again.

“Oh? What are they like?”

She whimpered and obeyed, sitting down anxiously. “I can’t tell you — it’ll just upset you and you won’t believe me anyway. But… well… its… complicated. And I don’t know ...

“It… I need to talk to Tomhas.” She glanced towards the door, then dismissed the idea. She definitely didn’t need to dump this on him after how upset he’d been ...

“Yes ma’am.” She nodded. Which meant under no circumstances would she be asking for a favor. “I’ll definitely keep it in mind. Thank you.”

“What?” She looked at him guiltily. “Nothing.” Gods. Why had she come here? Better yet, how could she get away? She was being soooooo suspicious. How could she… fix… this? ...

“I hope not.” She glanced over her shoulder again.

Shit, shit, shit— “Um… I don’t know…” she twisted the knob but didn’t pull it open yet, instead trying to figure out how to smooth over her mess. “Just thinking, ...

“Oh, uh, I wouldn’t want to bother, ma’am. Its not a big deal.”

“Right… sorry…” she put her hand back on the handle. “I don’t know. Sorry.”