Ice In My Veins
I placed my hand on her shoulder from behind, startling her as she turned around to look at me with wide eyes before she quickly wiped away the tears that had started flowing down her cheeks. "What is wrong?"
Carly sniffed as she pointed into the room with a trembling finger before turning back around to bury her face in my chest as she held onto me tightly for support or comfort. It was hard to tell which, considering how upset she seemed at seeing whatever was inside that room, so I slowly moved us both forward until we were standing in front of the door frame where I could see what had Carly so distraught looking into this room. Sitting against the wall was a skeleton dressed in rags with its mouth open in a silent scream that still sent chills down my spine despite knowing it couldn't hurt us now considering it didn't have any flesh left on its bones.