I was in love and by every indication, I felt Christine was in love with me. With Christine I felt a warmth and closeness, I’d never experienced before. We shared our times together joyfully, like small children wrap up in a blanket of wonder and innocence. It seemed that nothing could ever break the bind. Through her, life held purpose, but like a child, my innocence was soon shattered. We had planned the trip only days in advance, but it seemed right the moment we uttered the words. New Year’s Eve was near, and we decided to rent a Honeymoon cabin in the mountains. No, marriage or anything as conventional as that was ever discussed. Who needed marriage when the perfect Honeymoon could be arranged? We already lived together and felt we would do so for the rest of our natural lives. The cabin itself was only a two-hour drive but a world away in so many ways from our home. We packed up the necessities and headed to our dream car to begin our adventure to the mountains. The car was a
* Warning contains Mature content The figures were silhouetted only briefly in the glow of the full moonlight, then a veil of fog drifted hauntingly across the black lake All was shrouded permanently into an eerie shadowy world of smoke and darkness But what had I seen? Was it not a man dragging what appeared to be a women’s body toward the water? I returned to my rented cabin by the lake secure in the idea that my eyes were simply playing tricks on me It was late... and I had been drinking The next morning I was awoken by sirens and emergency lights I looked out my window to see them pulling a mutilated body unto the opposite shore I felt a cool breeze float across the hairs on the back of my neck I decided, I must tell the authorities what I had seen I reached for my clothes and found they were covered in blood I staggered to the bathroom to wash my face Surely there was still but sleep in my eyes As I gaze at my figure in the mirror I saw the claw marks across my