Destined for Darkness
Synopsis
Frank Mancini had suffered
with his abusive mother for many years, until the day that he snapped. After
telling his friend, Johnny, about the incident, his friend encouraged him to
leave Misty Hollows. Taking his advice, Frank journeyed across the country to
California hoping for a fresh start.
Shortly after his arrival,
he met a beautiful woman. He was determined to hide his dark past from her,
especially after finding out that she was a psychic, able to see both the past
and the future of anyone she came into contact with. He managed to hide his
secrets from her until several years after they'd gotten married and started a
family. Fearing that she would turn him in to the police, he killed her. Not
realizing that his son, George, witnessed this act, Frank decided to take him
back to Misty Hollows.
How would the memory of his
mother's death effect young George? Would he follow in his father's footsteps?
Journey through the years, from infancy to adulthood, with George to see if he
can resist the inner darkness!
Excerpt:
"Where exactly is ..."
Frank's question trailed off unfinished as he noticed the small stone
structure. The man was standing by a sturdy-looking wooden door. As Frank
approached, he could see an intricate carving—which almost seemed to be burned
into the wood—depicting a strange symbol he'd never seen. It was a five-pointed
star with the image of what appeared to be the head of a goat inside. Two
circles surrounded this odd emblem, one touching the points of the star, the
other was larger. There were more markings between the two circles, each one
near a point of the star.
The man pulled the heavy door open
and beckoned Frank to come inside. The interior of the building was dimly lit
by two iron candelabras hanging from the vaulted ceiling by long chains, giving
the chamber an ancient feel as if it belonged somewhere in the middle ages.
When the man closed the door to the outside it added to this effect.
"This way, please," he
said as he went to a nearly solid metal gate. It creaked open and revealed a
stone staircase leading into the ground. Torches flickered at intervals along
the way, casting their shadows in a way that made them look like they belonged
to something inhuman.
Frank wondered where he was being
led. This didn't seem like a place Candice was likely to hang out, and the
further down the stairs he went the more he had the urge to turn around and
run. Their footfalls continued to echo eerily in the passage until they finally
reached a large chamber at the bottom.
Torches blazed all around the outer
edge of the enormous room. Hanging on the far wall was another rendition of the
symbol from the door leading outside, only this one was much bigger. So large,
in fact, that it took up almost the entire wall. In front of the huge tapestry
bearing this emblem was a bald man wearing a black robe, standing behind what
appeared to be some sort of church-like altar draped with a blood red cloth.
As the two of them crossed the
chamber, the bald man regarded them with furrowed brows. "Brother. Who is
the outsider you have brought here?" he asked in a booming voice.
"I
didn't catch his name, but I found him in the woods. He was asking about your
daughter."
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