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Fearful Symmetry by Fiona Glass
In the night’s heat a sudden breeze stirs the jungle’s fabric. Fronds sway uneasily and leaves dance; a shaft of moonlight creates deeper shadows amongst the shadows and is gone, leaving darkness in its wake. A dark that has nothing to do with velvet, but crushes and cloys, a steamy weight on your chest. Thunder growls in the distance: a summer storm – or is it the breathy grumble of some wild beast, stalking through the dense under-canopy of vines and shrubs? There are eyes amongst the fronds now, and the dark stripe of stem on stem could almost be… a tiger, on the prowl. The breeze stirs again and you can almost hear the rustle as it moves, Read More