Jane was burdened by the howling of the owls in the dark hour of the night, the sound seems to pierce into the wool mantle covered around the window. Occasionally she hissed, changing her position to the edge of the bed. She checked the wall clock placed above the wall and noticed it was pass 12:00am, reluctantly she woke up impinge to reach to the opened window. She was about shutting the window when she noticed a strange figure walking around the field in the vicinity, "this could be an hallucination" she said, as she waited to get a clearer accomodation of the field. Again she glanced into the field, tardily this time, again, she had a creeping sound and her body started to shiver as she behold sight that almost stopped her heart. before she screamed, the terror took the sound.
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She began to recall the scary story her neighbor had shared with her the night before she packed to a different location. "There's evil around my window" the old lady has said with a cold and shivery tone. "My son had told me the compound has an evil history" she continued " I never believed him, I thought he was just a kid". More fear gripped jane as she reminisced on the old woman's word. She started to feel her cold hands and wondered if she'll ever see the sun. She started to withdraw from the window when the door slammed, her feet loosed her grip sending her weight to the floor.
The moonlight pierced on the exposed area of her window, as a shadow cast on the wall of her room. She closed her eyes and hope it was just imagination. The evening remain calm, even the sound of the leaves around the vicinity could be heard, she peeped through the window but this time, nothing seems to lurk in the air, the shadow was lost and the howling of the owl paused for the moment. Only the waving leaves dangling on the tree branches seem to dominate the night, jane calm nature was startled from the loud mew, she appeared faint until her kitty climbed up the window from the outside, she gazed at her clock and it was
4:30 a.m .
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Her heart was calmed, all the while it was the cat outside the compound. Exhausted from the troubled night , she exhale and return to her bed. "What a night" she said.
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