HA 3d: Dawn

HIM AGAIN: Chapter 3: He's Gone - Dawn

Dawn found Minerva slumped in the seat in His office, head in her hands. His snoring had been replaced by her short, gasping breaths as she swallowed back tears. Intensely grateful that all the other portraits were either absent or deeply asleep, she gazed at the polished wood below her through blurred sight. Every part of her body ached - her legs, her arms, and her back - but none more so than what was inside.

Her eyes heated themselves in their sockets, the pressure building up behind them. Where! Where was He? She had walked around the whole castle no less than five times, peering at each and every single picture - but nowhere was He was be seen.

It was like losing Him all over again.