vignettes

[marycatelli]

This week's prompt is:
blink

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term.

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[marycatelli]

It vanished.
Faster than a puff of candle smoke before a sharp wind, it was gone. Lucie wondered for a minute if she blinked. Then, Autumn and Ciara had dispatched their shadows as swiftly.
Shadows danced as she turned. Their swords still glowed.
"This may have unwisely tipped our hands."