The End of E~~

I have been seeing a distressing number of dead birds recently. This latest makes five, I think, out of my last twelve walks (previous to this I might have seen one in two years). I could understand the one flattened in the road (although birds are rarely hit by cars), but the rest looked like they fell dead onto the sidewalk from the trees overhead. Other years I’ve seen dead bees and caterpillars, which are worrisome enough, but birds are a whole other thing.


Title: The End of E~~
Status: Complete
Genre: historical, family, twins
Content: a scream, stockings, constricting clothing, running, darkness, bad men, a mercy killing, more death, rescue, a bath, sleep
Length: 2,900 words


Emma’s scream rings down the corridor and I am on my way to her side long before the echoes die away. She must be upstairs somewhere, but why?

( Emma, the girl I will spend the rest of my life being )