Athena followed Liza's voice to the chateau. Her books left behind on the table. Her car on the side of the road. She had left behind a messy trail of hints upon where to find her and yet no one could. She knew no one would.
She walked towards the raspy voice that begged her to come to her. To her escape from what felt too much. From the storm that brew under her skin. She ran to it.
Out of breath she stood huffing in front of the door that glowed darker than the night. Holding to it the promise of emptiness and damnation. She stood there looking at it for one long minute wondering what made her feel this way.
What had brought on the guilt?
What made her want to give into the darkness?
It was not something she understood and yet it was something that lived on in her gut. The feeling of loss. The feeling of being damned.