Horror Stories from Horrified - Volume One (2)

quiet sense of dr ead. Ther e was nothing r ational to dr ead, of cour se. Yet Lily
couldn?t help the feeling that she wasn?t alone.
It was not just the book that seemed alive, ther e was the pr esence of something
else. As Lily?s br eath har shened, the w ood once again ceased its cr eaking, Lily?s
br eathing now the only thing punctuating the stillness...
Until a shar p intake of br eath fr om Lily thr ew the place into complete silence.
Behind Lily?s shoulder ? she was cer tain it was ther e ? was a faint figur e. Lily?s
eyes focused back to the book in an instant, as she tr ied to watch the r eflection of
the figur e fr om the cor ner of her eye.
Lily r esumed br eathing as the figur e just stood in the r eflection, watching. Lily
closed her eyes, took in one last deep br eath and w hipped her self ar ound.
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"Miss Lily." Mister Gr egor y sounded fr om the top of the stair case.
Lily r eplied in a shaky voice."?Just - just cleaning up in the backr oom, Mister
Gr egor y."
"Right you ar e my dear , just make sur e you?r e car eful ar ound the books. I am
going for lunch and then I?ll continue w ith my office w or k into the after noon. Feel
fr ee to take your s now if you w ish."
"Okay, yep. Will do."
Ther e was no figur e standing behind Lily.
Shaking the ner ves out of her self, Lily laughed off the figur e as a tr ick of the light.
Yet, again, just as one catches a glimpse of something at the bottom of the stair case
as they look away, ther e was still that nagging feeling that ther e was someone, or
something, ther e.
Lily was also baffled once again at how late into the day it was. It seemed that
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