Gains of the Graceless | Part Five

An envelope had visibly been torn open with little regard for the private contents inside. Ribbons of paper lay in small curls near the opening of the former sealed letter.

"Alice,

I think there is something following me.

When I enter a room, any room, I see a dark shadow slink from the corner and escape out of the nearest window or door. It ignores doors, bars, or other barriers, but what off puts me most is... The corner it hides withinis several feet off the ground.

I can never get a proper look at it. It seems like something material, and ethereal all the same. I thought I saw flashes of eyes, but... Too many eyes.

I let out a shriek when I first saw it. The guards were rather displeased with me and forbid me from traveling beyond my room for the last three days.

I can still hear it's appendages clamoring against the walls...

-Ayra."