Lakebridge: Spring (Supernatural Horror Literary Fiction)

by Natasha Troop

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  He smiled a bit as the Special Place was fully open now. It was always joyous as he watched the shell of the last Counter Girl dissolve away into the waters of the lake. The town would miss her love, but he felt the love from the Teacher Girl the way you feel the warmth from the sun after a long cold rain and knew the town would thrive with her at its heart. He began to chant the words quietly. They did not need to be loud. They just needed to be right and there was no one who knew them as he did and no one who could say them with his joy in service. He never stopped chanting as he carefully moved the Teacher Girl into the place where she would truly live.