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Excerpt From The Epilogue To Jane Eyre

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Haunting howls sounded through the small, decrepit settlement in the middle of the night, waking up the local peasantry and causing the cattle to break out of the old barn. The howls escalated, drowning out the screaming and crying that'd spread through the village, turning into ghastly roaring and the sound of burning wood, as the outermost houses went up in flames.

I stepped out of my house holding a hand ax. Everyone else already ran out out to calm down the cattle and rouse the other townsfolk, handing them pitchforks and axes, while I was given the task of hiding valuables in a secret cellar. The elder thought we could fend this attack off, but this time, he was wrong. While the men were getting ready for the fight of their lives, ten …show more content…

The men gathered up on the main road were visibly shaking, weapons pointed at the approaching pack, eyes locked on a few dreadful figures that emerged from the forest uphill. Tall, skeletal creatures, straight horns emerging from the sides of their elongated heads. They rode out of the woodland on equally bizarre, bony, hornless elk, swords and spears in hand. One of them let out a shrill cry, like a bird of prey descending on a defenseless lamb - the dogs yelped in response, picking up speed. The monstrosities ran faster than a galloping horse, turning more and more horrifying as they came into …show more content…

Looking in, I witnessed a terrifying scene - a crowd of animals, bunched up against each other, people behind them, shivering and crying. Behind me, the cries stopped, while the barking and roaring grew louder by the second. The idol they'd carried with them stood in the middle, contorted and charred, wooden face twisted into a sneering grin. Children cried, pointing at the figure as it's shadow danced in the light of the moon, the same fiery glow awakening in it's eyes. I pushed the doors open, letting the cattle run rampant as the animals escaped downhill, while the people followed close behind, with little hesitation, driven by a mix of fear and group mentality. The cattle and men mixed into a single stream, indistinguishable in the

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