On the fourteenth night, the footsteps came up the stairs again. I did not hide behind my door. I took my candle and I went down to meet them. 🕯️
Veil Tales Part 5 is here — the finale of the fourteenth-room story. On the fourteenth night, she takes her candle and goes down to meet the footsteps — down the stairs that should not be, into the room that was her room. She sits in the chair by the window, draws the curtain, and for the first time since the house was built, the sun comes up in the room below.
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Transcript
On the fourteenth night, the footsteps came up the stairs again. I did not hide behind my door. I took my candle and I went down to meet them — down the stairs that should not be, into the room that was my room. The chair by the window was empty. She was upstairs now, behind the glass, waiting for me to be afraid in the right place. Instead, I sat in her chair. I drew the curtain. And for the first time since the house was built, the sun came up in the room below. Upstairs, something knocked once from inside the wall — and then, gently, a door closed. I climbed the stairs and counted the doors. Thirteen. I looked in the mirror, and it blinked when I blinked. The house is hiring again. It always is. But it will have to learn a new face.
Written & created by Kiana Jimenez · Poetic Bipolar Mind.
This is the finale of the fourteenth-room story — Parts 1–5 are now complete. A new Veil Tale begins Friday, November 20.
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