SHADOWS

Eve and Jess didn't stop running until they'd turned onto Marigold Lane, where the church was. Eve could see the sire jutting up in front of the full moon. Gasping for breath, they slowed to a walk-a fast walk. Only one block to go. Here the only light came from scatterd windows in the houses-houses that felt like they where miles away from the street Thats why the shadows feel thicker, Eve told her-self. That's why it's darker now. That's the only reason. Except that didn't explain why the shadows looked like they where moving; twining aroung her ankels.
She glanced at Jess. Was Jess seeing was she was seeing? Eve didn't want to ask.
But the shadows where sticky. As if they made a thick black treacle or something. Walking throught them got harder with every step. And the shadows-they where murmuring.
No, Eve decided. The murmuring-all the hisses-low moans- was in her mind.
But the murmuring continued. It deepened, grew louder...
And then Jess screamed.