A HILL OF MORTIFICATION

Fear overtook her at the sight of the unearthly creature, cheeks hollow and eyes dim. The face of the creature was pale with sharp fangs jutting from it’s mouth, the few strands of hair that stood on its skull moved as though they were in water, the strands where thick and strong like a thin wire. It’s eyes were dark with a little yellow circling a tiny pupil. The limbs long and thin and its claws as strong as bones pierced Iva’s jaw. Iva froze as a pang ran by her brain, it was something pulled out of the nightmare of seven year old Iva, something long buried and never to resurface. She shrieked as her hand grabbed the bones strong claw and her feet backed up for balance. 'I ought to rip your head off you good for nothing!’ the voice came through her with a lot trembling that weakened the detective. ‘Dejavu’ a weird sense that this had occurred before hit her. She needed to get out of there, she forced the fingers away from her face, pushing with every strength she could moister but