The stars were pinpricks of light in the night sky.The darkness swallowed up the city and a cold,shuddering breeze hit the woman's bare shoulders.She felt like doubling over and shivering,but that was completely out of the picture.Reports of murders at night were flooding the news papers.She hugged herself,the ice-cold wind blowing out her dead-black mane of hair.The sooner she got home the better.She then realised her footsteps were much louder than usual.Every step she took in her sandals sounded as though heavy,leather bots were hitting the hard pavement.She stopped walking.The footsteps continued.Thump,thump,
thump.'This cannot be happening,'she thought,her white knuckles tightening...