Fiction

The Trauma of Obligation

Screams from the hilltop

Photo by Hristo Fidanov: https://www.pexels.com/photo/scenic-view-of-night-sky-1252871/

Glen Mary stood on the high hill behind her home and screamed.

It was 3 a.m. and anyone within range of her screams would probably still be sleeping. If they were awake they might assume they were hearing a wounded coyote, a lone wolf, a stray dog.