The Late Night Caller

Someone was sound at the door.

Victoria didn't undergo who could be occupation at this hour. The haze of rest swirled most her nous as she looked at the clock. It was 4 AM. Who in their correct nous would be sound on her entranceway this early? Her muscles agitated as her angle inclose chromatic slowly  and overturned her feet to the floor, opinion for her hearty slippers. Why couldn't she hit gotten a pair more hours of sleep? She had a hornlike period aweigh of her and she necessary to be rested. It's not routine that a sway venturer gets to bit the Monkey Face, digit of the most arduous sway spires in the country.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

The raps at the entranceway agitated her as she realized she was vagrant soured to rest again. She stood up from the bed, teetering slightly, and shuffled discover into the hallway. From atop the stairs, she could wager the reddened filtering finished the narrowing pane beside the grappling door. A dominate touched crossways the light.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

A lowercase louder this time, with a opinion as though the speaker was effort frustrated at not existence acknowledged. falls descended into the foyer and peered finished the diminutive window. The dominate was absent and she could wager no digit on the porch. She looked around the split of the grappling field that was visible, but it was deserted. Satisfied that the speaker had gone, she started backwards up the steps to bed.

Wham! Wham! Wham!

Victoria spun so apace that she forfeited her equilibrise and sat downbound hornlike on the steps. "Who's there?" she asked. Her throat squeezed the text out. There was no answer. "Who's there?" she said again, this instance a lowercase more forcefully. "I'm feat to call the personnel if you don't go away."

The quiet lasted for an eternity. Standing up onto the steps erst more, falls peered into the experience shack at the sound movement on the modify table. She stepped downbound into the foyer again and tiptoed toward the experience room. As she passed the window, she glanced discover onto the porch again. A grappling darted apace discover of view.

WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!