The woman is dead

~~~~
Nicole helps Cameron wrestle the woman away from me.
Phoebe
Phoebe
(Why was she trying to attack me?)
Even now, she reaches out to me, drooling.
Her hands and throat are a horrid purple.
Cameron
Cameron
It's too late to save her! The discoloration is already settling in!
Cameron
Cameron
Priestess, you need to perform the last rites, NOW!
The woman twists and turns in her grip, eyes never leaving mine.
I force myself to take a step back.
Phoebe
Phoebe
(Even as she dies, she won't look away from me.)
A tug on my sleeve startles me.
Quinn beckons me to the door.
Quinn
Quinn
Come with me, ma cher. There's nothing we can do.
Author
Author
French for my dear.
Phoebe
Phoebe
But-
Quinn tugs more insistently.
Quinn
Quinn
We're just in the way here. Let them work.
I reluctantly follow Quinn, outside the shack.
The boards of the shack block out the worst of the woman's rasping cries.
~To Be Continued~

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