Pick a mood, take a breath, and find your next little escape.
2 stories
DramaThe sharp sound echoed over the delicate melodies of the string quartet, freezing the hundreds of silk-clad guests in the grand ballroom. Clara steadied herself, refusing to lower her gaze from her mother-in-law's furious eyes.
DramaThe brass clasp of the leather-bound book felt cold against Clara's fingers. She hadn’t meant to snoop, but when the journal tumbled from Eleanor’s bookshelf, the pages fell open naturally. There, written in her mother-in-law's elegant, sloping cursive, was Clara's own name. The entry beside it made her blood run cold.