Aurora

Partially paralyzed by shock, my eyes almost bulged out of their sockets as I stared at the strange lady as if she had developed two heads.

Were my ears deceiving me?

If she was Ivy, it meant she was dead.

Ivy was long dead as a result of drowning into the river during the war.

“You are…” I tried to say, but my shaky voice failed me, making me gasp for breath.

For the next few minutes, the wind grew violent, causing goosebumps to blanket my body, and fear filled my heart.

I had been talking to a ghost all these while.

“And your son?” I asked in a...