Grim Reaper's Bride
she sang, voice echoing as she disappeared.
My face drained of color. “What- how did that girl just emerge from a tree? How did she breathe in there?”
“Quit your hysterics, Callie, it's just a friendly local dryad- a wood nymph,” he said, picking several ripe apples and stuffing them in to a shoulder bag that had materialized from nowhere. “Here- see for yourself how things are more than they appear,” he said softly, handing me the fruit.
“This reminds me of a certain serpent and a particularly dumb blonde,” I said skeptically, weighing the apple with one hand.
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