Shadow Gatherer
Chadwick, Cole
The day was just waking up and the fist rays of sunshine were slowly peeking through the branches of the park trees. The silence, unnatural for the city, was unexpectedly broken by a rhythmic sound.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
It was a woodpecker attacking the bark of one of the stately linden trees with a persistence worthy of a greater cause, hidden in its crown.
However, it was not as well hidden as it thought it was. Its work was being steadily w...