Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com "You killed her!” The hard cracking hoarse explosion from his uncle’s constricted throat scraped against Erek’s soul, mimicking his own internal rebukes, no less harshly felt for its lack of volume. The shocked, uncomfortable looks from the few reception attendees within earshot went unnoticed by the two, locked in …
Novel Excerpt: Prologue #10
Photo by Vlad Bagacian on Pexels.com Erek sunk into the numbness, wrapping himself in a blanket of tepid dull gray. The still, rouged face, hair professionally coiffed, mocked him in his shame. Distantly noting the muffled awkward shuffles of feet on thin berber carpet behind him, he turned away from the casket before the falling …