Jeremiah leaned against the black metal gate with his arms folded and a disinterested look on his face. The village loomed a quarter of a mile behind him, across the fields and almost tucked out of sight by the crest of a hill. A gust hit me in the chest and sneaked through whatever gaps it cou...
I hoped it was something innocent like a rat that had crawled in and died, but my luck wasn’t likely to go that way. I stuck my hand out into the darkness and felt the wall, running my hand along it until I found a light switch. I flipped it and the room lit up. Thank God for emergency generators...