Elspeth Spindle - One Dark Window

“ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ,” ʜᴇ ᴍᴜʀᴍᴜʀᴇᴅ, “ᴄʟᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏᴏᴅ, ᴡʜᴏ ᴛᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ɪɴ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴘᴛʜꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴋɪɴɢ—ᴀ ꜱʜᴇᴘʜᴇʀᴅ ʙʏ ʜɪꜱ ᴄʀᴏᴏᴋ, ᴡʜᴏ ʀᴇɪɢɴᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʀᴏᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʟᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴋ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ: “ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ… ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ.”