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     The air was so cold it shocked my lungs with my first few breaths. I put my scarf over my face, just leaving my eyes exposed. But not for long. I put on dark glasses and started walking. The snow made a soft crunching like sound as I trudged through it. More snow was falling. The coyotes were still singing nearby and so was the owl whooting. The lake drew me. It was a mysterious desire that I felt There was nothing special about the lake. I hadn't been there since the snow had started falling I kept going, hearing rustling in the snow draped pine forest round me. Something was close by. A deer or elk, I figured. In the distance I heard the haunting cry of a wolf. I felt no fear. None of the local wildlife would harm me. The sky grew lighter. Tiny birds started peeping in the snow covered leafless bushes. The lake was close The forest was thinning out. Then I was there. The sky was a light grey now. I stood there, staring at the lake. It was blood red! I was shocked. Stunned. I felt hot. I stared at the blood red lake. I was breathing fast. Was it blood? The sky was grey with patches of morning blue but there was was no red from a sunrise.

     I caught movement nearby. I stared. Someone or something was watching me. Who or what was watching me I didn't know. I saw a figure, almost humanlike. Mysterious. Yet I felt no fear. It was like I was living out my d ream. Then the figure seemed to fade into the shadows.

      “Stacey! Stacey!”

     I turned. Roger was calling me. The spell was broken. I turned and hurried back. I wasn't about to ask Roger if he could see the blood red lake.

Reviews

[Star Wolf]

Awesome story. Excellent write, interesting for sure, nothing dull or boring.

[Coyote Song]

The cold, the blood red lake and the mysterious figure at the lake shore. Menace of the 1st degree here.

[Black Cat Fever]

The boyfriend has to come and ruin everything. A very cold place, with all that white and the vibrant image of the red lake...powerful.

[Wolf's Dark Song]

How odd to find this in the middle of no where. Very strange indeed.