I’m writing this book and I’m not quite sure what people might think of it. In order not to spoil the story, I’m only showing a small part of it. It’s a fiction, action, some romance book. Tell me what you think. oh and do you think this would sound better in first person?
…but the river was frozen solid.
She stopped dead in her tracks. She shivered. She can’t remember the last time she was so cold. Her hair swayed in the wind and she bit her lip.
The only wooden bridge that crossed the river was now covered with a thin layer of ice. She looked at the frozen river in disappointment.
How is she ever going to cross it now? She is no doubt going to slip and fall on that icy bridge and who knows how thin that ice is?
Great.
She gave a deep sigh and watched her breath as it rised up into the cold air and finally disappeared.. She looked back at the path she came from and then to the forest at the other side of the river.
Another shiver.
Well, she’s not going back! She’s come this far and she just has to see what’s on the other side of this river. It has been three days! Another minute passed in silence.
Ok, that’s it! Without thinking about it further, she slowly went over to the edge of the iced river.
She could hear the faint rush of the water under the ice. The thin cracks looked like carefully carved in cobwebs.
She held her breath, and very gently put her left foot onto the ice.
Nothing! No noise or anything like that! Relief washed over her and she let her breath out. She actually had a chance to get over! Maybe the ice is thick enough after all.
With new confidence she slowly put her right foot onto the ice as well.
Still nothing. She half smiled to herself in approvement. Not thinking about it twice, she slowly continued over the river, watching her feet at all times. it took her a minute to cross about half the distance when she stopped.
She heard something she fears to mention. Very faintly but sure enough. the sound of a crack forming in the ice. She looked down at the ice under her feat in panic. Sure enough, there, right between her feet, was a very small crack in the ice. A hint of fear as she realized she could faintly see a dark blur of rushing water under the ice where she was standing.
The ice was getting thinner.
The ice was melting.
She quickly looked back to where she came from, just to get the same results.
"No, no no!" She cursed under her breath. This can’t b happening. She can’t go back. The ice is just as dangerously thin there as it is here. She looked around in frustration, searching for a safe place to step.
Then, her head shot up in fear as she heard it again. This time it sounded deeper… and longer.
"Help!" She cried out nearly in tears. "Somebody help!" This time more urgently.
a few seconds passed as she desperately listened for an answer. Then she heard a faint crunch of what she thought was a footstep only a few meters into the forest. Another crunch, this time closer. Shedidn’t dare move. ‘Hello?" She whispered half to herself.
Then, HE stepped out from behind a few trees.
No. It can’t be. He, he…. He’s not suppost to be real…
She could hardly see him but it was definitely him. She’s just seen him for a few seconds just a few days ago. In a dream. his green eyes revealed a mixture of anger and confusion.
He was wearing trainers and jeans, (just like the first time) but this time with a black hoody. Despite the freezing temperature, he didn’t even look cold. Suddenly it looked like he knew what was going on but also like he was hesitating about something.
"Don’t. Move." He said this very carefully. She stood there frozen on the spot. He closed his eyes as if he was listening for something. All of the sudden his eyes shot open in alert. "No!" He leapt towards her, her eyes wide with shock, but it was too late.
Her cry was drowned by the icy water as the ice beneath her gave way and she plunged through the ice. Bubbles rushed past her as the hole where she fell through disappeared into the distance.
The water was blinding me and it stinged in her nose and eyes. She tried swimming back but the water was pushing her backwards. She was just about to give up when a wild current hit her from the right and left her breathless.
The current threw her around like a doll. She struggled helplessly as the ice disappeared above her. Her vision was fading fast and she gave up on struggling. That was when the current released her. It threw her into the calm-moving dark waters of the river.
She couldn’t see anything and all she felt was cold, heavy and there was a soar burn in her throaght.
She couldn’t breathe anymore.
The last thing she felt, was a faint pressure tightening around her waist.
let me know what you think of it. Oh and please be honest.
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