A Murky Green Haze

 All of a sudden, Merlin Greenway leaned forward in his chair. 

​"Shush!"

He looked alert, serious. The company stopped their chatter and became quite still, listening to the silence as they focused all their attention on him. A sudden chill breeze blew up, stirring the flowering shrubs on the lawn outside the open window and the waves below the cliff.

"There is a presence in this room, do you feel it, Tomos? Someone is watching us," ​​Merlin whispered, looking at the Elder, "I feel very visible, like a goldfish swimming around a glass bowl."

​"All of you smile and make small talk. Merlin's right, the atmosphere has changed in here ... the temperature has cooled. A murky green haze had begun to seep into the room ...

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Excerpt from book 3 of the Legends of Lumenor trilogy - coming soon