Please Read: 
Alone with Himself

Excerpt:

The stone stairs were all that saved me once I’d entered the fog. My heart sank when I looked up and saw those dank clouds slowly passing overhead, saw that my path led right into that darkness, but the terrors behind me, the torture and pain that was in store for me if I were caught, the ignominy I’d face if the captain got me again under his power, spurred me into that dank and dreadful uncertainty. Without the stairs, though, I’d have been lost. Soon, the fog was so thick, I was groping like a blindman. I’d certainly have been lost were the path not so well prepared. Weariness and fear fought within me, and my tired body shook with cold and dread as I struggled my way up, step by step. [Continue…]