The Architect by Nick Serido  (Page 1 of 3)  (2 ratings) Rate
this Story (5 best)   SUMMARY: A man wanders into a ruined
fortress, searching for something. He soon discovers that he's
been followed.  A cold wind filtered through the spacious hall,
spilling in from the remains of a window that was shattered long
ago. Time and wind had done their work on the shards of glass
that remained in the frame; the once-jagged edges were as smooth
as the intact panes had ever been. Beyond the opening came the
sound of waves crashing onto a rocky coast. There were no crying
gulls, no screeching sea hawks, no life at all. Only the
breaking waves and the intermittent silence, always rushing back
to reclaim its hold over the land.  The shadow stood at the end
of the hall, just beyond an opening that had once been a
doorway. The folds of his gray cloak fluttered weakly as the air
pulled at the cloth, shifting the darkness that clung to him
like a disease. The light of the hall seemed to bend away from
him, as if in an effort