Shadows In The Mist

waiting for her in the woods. She couldn't shake the feeling that she had narro

f a nearby town. She checked into a room and collapsed onto the b

rd a knock at the door. She hesitated, not sure if she wanted

nding on the other side. He was tall and broad-shoulder

ile. "I'm Jake. I saw you pull in

t she quickly pushed it aside. She was

urtly. "I'm just try

stand. I just wanted to make sure you were okay. It's

s. Was he a threat? Was he somehow conn

. She was being paranoid, she told herse

she said, managing a smal

longer than was comfortable. Then he turned and walk

ling that something was wrong. She kept imagining that she could see shadows

overtook her, and she f

e was still there, lurking just beneath the surface. She packed her bags and got back on

She would glance in her rearview mirror and see nothing, but she couldn't sh

umping gas, she felt a presence behind her. She turned around, her heart

h a smile. "You seemed like you were in a hu

over her. It was just Jake, she told

d casual. "Just trying to put some d

ked like concern. "Yeah, I heard there's been some stran

ds. Had he heard about her experiences

anoid, she told herself. Jake was just a stranger she had m

e said, trying to sound grate

walk away, but then he stop

're in some kind of trouble," he said, his eyes serious. "

s comforting to know that there was someone who seemed to care about

smiling weakly. "I'l

d continue on her journey. As she drove away from the gas station, sh

t her imagination. She was just tired and s

the strange things she had seen there. She tried to push them aside and foc

couldn't just ignore what had happened and pretend that everythin

ounding in her chest. She didn't know what she would find there, but she co