Drive
Out of the night, the woman’s pale skin flickered in Julia’s headlights before she had time to stop. She hit the brakes, gravel crunching underneath her wheels. The hatchback’s beams lit the road ahead, pitch dark shadows folding between the tree trunks on either side. Wild, bushy grasses merged with the rough road surface. ‘The hell!?’ said Julia. She turned her head to peer through the rear window. Beyond the dull red glow of the car’s tail: nothing, but darkness. Clouds obscured the stars....