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Bridge of the Abyss Part 3



4:19 a.m.


By Phenyx


"I could count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams" Shakespeare's Hamlet

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Sounds of a desperate scream filled with anguish wrenched Miss Parker into consciousness.

She sat bolt upright in bed, slick with sweat as she clawed at the quilt tangled beneath her. Disoriented and terrified, she gasped for breath while her heart pounded painfully against her ribcage. She swallowed hard, grimacing against the pain it caused. Only then, when she discovered the rawness of her throat, did Parker realize that the terrible shrieks echoing in her ears had been torn from her own troubled soul.

A quick glance at the clock revealed that the time was 4:19 AM.









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