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The Nightmare in the Dark
Elaine awoke to keening. It was not yet past two and the waxing moon shone silver through her windows. She was out of bed like a shot, yanking her door open and pounding down the hallway towards the rooms that she had never seen. One thought on her mind: Severus.
Her fingers closed around the dark metal handle of his door as the keening turned into hoarse screaming.
A force like an electrical shock shot from the door up her arm and threw her flat on her back. Somewhere deeper in Severus's chambers something chimed as Elaine began to cry.
Silver, #95