Long Black Robes

One skinny shaking finger digs into the lock, hoping to find an easy entrance. The door swings open and long black robes flow into the great room. The sudden chill causes the wife to awaken and check the windows and doors. Sliding through the doorway, the robes cover her husband, blocking all light, and life. Nothing found, the wife returns to the great room and stokes the fire. Snuggling up next to her husband, she finds him cold – as cold as the chill that awoke her, and she weeps. Closing the door behind him, death steals the warm soul out of the house, hidden under long black robes.