PK Hrezo

The last place eighteen-year-old aspiring artist, Morgan Jaeger, wants to spend her summer after high school is in the boonies of the Transylvanian Highlands with her estranged father. She never expects to meet the handsome, free-spirited musician, Varujan, who shares her affinity for abstract art. The summer of dread becomes the summer of dreams when Varujan invites Morgan to a secret hideout of underground artists. But when the utopia turns into a thrill ride of terrors that pitch Morgan's life before her eyes she must keep her wits about her or else lose her most valuable asset forever.

A Wicked Thought

Rooks bluster into a flutter of wings and beaks, encompassing me. Some land on ropes, cawing. Mocking. 


My legs dangle over the bridge and the canyon hundreds of yards below. A wail erupts from my mouth, brutish and loud. 


I may not have fast in me, but I do have stubbornness. Dogged, obtuse determination. Compliments of Dad. 


“Marguerite!” I yell, my body swaying, rope gnashing my arms. “Help me!” 


“If only I could,” her voice comes from somewhere. 


The bridge jostles. My blistered hands bounce over the stiff rope fibers. What’s happening? 


Marguerite. Crossing the bridge toward me. 


“Are you insane?!” I yell. “I’ll fall!” 


“It is possible,” she says casually. “This bridge is a piece of art. Designed and created. You can appreciate that, no?” 


The rope digs into the skin of my cramped fingers. My body’s so heavy. 


Chapter 40