The old witch rapped and tapped at the window pane so abruptly that Mary was startled from her sleep.
Her dream-life had been troubled this night particularly, disturbed by some gawking gibbering demons sent to her bed, by the opportunistic Vivien.
"I've come to deliver your baby" called the old woman from behind the bolted door.
“Leave my home and go back to what hell you came from!” Hannah-Mary replied nervously - “You will not take my baby from me!”
She shouted this as loudly as she could, fearing that the old witch might not be able to hear her. The hag rattled the latch and pushed menacingly on the bulk of the old oak door.
Vivien was impervious to reason or consequence; being both wilful and determined in her wants. She had come to get the infant child and would not leave until the baby was in her bony arms - hers to steal away.
Gabriel Brunsdon, AZLANDER: NEVER ENDINGS: Second Chances
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