Klaudia?
The sisters remembered Klaudia staying long after the mittens had gone and the liquor was out. They all remembered her sparkling in the moonlight with new snow in her hair, making them laugh while she danced a crazy little jig.
Klaudia remembered it differently. She felt the mood shift and the claws coming to pull her down, down, down together and eyes looking desperate to be pulled back up. Klaudia had done it. She had led them with frenzied dancing and snide jokes, and gossip. She spooned secrets like hot fudge sundaes into their mouths until they were all tired and full of goodness again.
Sarah Papple