دانلود رمان انگلیسی “دختر مرگ و تیغ آبنوس” – جلد. 6

Far from civilization, in the deepest depths of the mountains, a little girl sat playing alone, surrounded by gray squirrels. Sensing an unknown presence behind her, she turned. Through a gap in the dense thicket of trees, she caught sight of a creature dark as pitch. There were many creatures that made their home on this mountain, but never before had she encountered this one. At once, the girl’s large eyes lit up with a gleam of curiosity. “Who are you?” she asked. The creature made no response. “You aren’t a ghost, are you?” Ghosts only came out at night, or so the girl’s father had told her. Still, she didn’t think it seemed so unusual for a ghost to appear in the daytime. There had to be ghosts who liked bright places too, after all. “You can see me?” “Of course I can. I’ve got really good eyes.” She could see clear as day even on a moonless night with the ebony eyes that she had inherited from her mother. Out under the light of the sun? It wasn’t even a question. The black creature turned toward the girl. “Ah, yes. Now I see…” It drew closer, making not a sound with its footsteps, before sitting down next to the girl as though the two of them did this every day. Now that the creature was so close, the girl saw that it was indeed entirely black. As she gazed in fascination, she was suddenly struck by a sense of déjà vu. What could it be? she wondered. Try as she might, she couldn’t recall ever having encountered a creature like the one before her now. And if she had ever met such a funny thing before, she definitely would’ve remembered it. Harboring a sense of discontent, she returned to her original question. “So was I right? Are you a ghost?” “There are no Spiritua shells here. Such life-forms only exist in higher planes.”