Author's Pov
The shadows were now twice as long as themselves, the air was damp and cool smelling faintly of a car's exhaust fumes, the sun dipped lower in the sky until the trees that lines the lane stood as black statues silhouetted against the darkening sky, slowly their shadows melted away into the blackness of night.
Night came like the spell of an enchantress, water to stone, earth to iron, green grass to frosted white.
There was no hint of warmth left, nothing of the autumn or the kiss of the vanquished sun.
The hours promised to pass slowly yet steal their body heat with indecent speed.
Night had fallen fast upon the land.
No more than an hour ago the sky was painted with hues of red, orange and pink, but all colour had faded leaving only a matt black canvas with no star
