Veil Of Ashes

before, leaving her stranded in the cavernous Aureum Theater with only her flashlight and the dim light from her laptop s

she said quietly to herself. But t

. She instinctively grabbed her phone, and the illu

lias, his voice s

me!" she said, gr

back in a way that made him appear both untidy and impossibly attrac

How did you kn

nd directly. "I have a knack

h flowing into her fingertips as she held the th

ply stated, taking a

ater's roof, yet inside, an eerie quiet descended between

it's like it's

not trusting

a kid, my mother took me to attend a play of The Tempest. I recall sitt

ila felt herself leaning

ens. This location lost its mag

ity in his voice gave her pause. Instead, she r

o her eyes. "You always

shed a piece of hair from her face. His touch

n them seemed electric, and the storm outside mirrored the fury in

hat I can give," he whispe

ted on the stage, the storm ragin