THE GAMMA'S DAUGHTER
The leaves rustled above us.
Then—
A shadow moved.
It slithered across the ground, silent and deliberate, creeping toward us with unnatural patience.
The air thickened, heavy and suffocating.
The presence was wrong, dark, like something lurking just outside reality, waiting for the right moment to strike.
The shadow shifted, condensing into something smaller. A spider.
It crawled up Ella’s neck, its thin, spindly legs moving with eerie precision.
It hesitated for a moment, as if savoring the moment—then its fangs struck.
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