The Lady in Black

Francis felt someone poking his corpse.

He suddenly reacted, finally waking up from his dead-like sleep.

He woke up with a start, and the lady in black was staring at him.

He was still at the house, its remains and destruction still evident.

He decided to move, to get up, and finally noticed the piece of wood still piercing his body.

He no longer was bleeding, for some reason, and the rest of his injuries had healed.

He broke the piece of wood, so that now he wasn’t stuck to the floor.

He dropped down to the floor remembering the contract he had made with her.

“You can take it out” she told him. She was referring to the wooden stake.

He took out the piece of wood and noticed that no blood left his body. The moment he took it out, he healed in a second.

He was terrified now.

“What did you do to me?” he asked her.

She gave him a smile.