Унесенные ветром

Chapter 62

           Shepeeredaboutheruncertainlyandthefeelinggrew,eeriebutfamiliar,andherheadwentupsharplylikeananimalscentingdanger.It’sjustthatI’mwornout,shetriedtosootheherself.Andthenight’ssoqueer,somisty.Ineversawsuchthickmistbeforeexceptexcept!

           Andthensheknewandfearsqueezedherheart.Sheknewnow.Inahundrednightmares,shehadfledthroughfoglikethis,throughahauntedcountrywithoutlandmarks,thickwithcoldcloakingmist,peopledwithclutchingghostsandshadows.Wasshedreamingagainorwasthisherdreamcometrue?

           Foraninstant,realitywentoutofherandshewaslost.Theoldnightmarefeelingwassweepingher,strongerthanever,andherheartbegantorace.Shewasstandingagainamiddeathandstillness,evenasshehadoncestoodatTara.Allthatmatteredintheworldhadgoneoutofit,lifewasinruinsandpanichowledthroughherheartlikeacoldwind.Thehorrorthatwasinthemistandwasthemistlaidhandsuponher.Andshebegantorun.Asshehadrunahundredtimesindreams,sherannow,flyingblindlysheknewnotwhere,drivenbyanamelessdread,seekinginthegraymistforthesafetythatlaysomewhere.

           Upthedimstreetshefled,herheaddown,herhearthammering,thenightairwetonherlips,thetreesoverheadmenacing.Somewhere,somewhereinthiswildlandofmoiststillness,therewasarefuge!Shespedgaspingupthelonghill,herwetskirtswrappingcoldlyaboutherankles,herlungsbursting,thetight-lacedstayspressingherribsintoherheart.

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