Write the first sentence(s) of a book that has this picture as its cover. pic.twitter.com/in3k4fVBOb

— (@TJPayne3333) August 7, 2020

Just the smallest of sounds impinged at first — leaves crackling like the bones of small animals underfoot, a gelid winter wind slicing through thin limbs — but with halting steps and bruised hands she felt her way to the stairs, and then to the newt-smooth door.