Dark December Chapter 2

I felt a compelling need to finish and upload chapter two today. This chapter takes place three years prior to chapter one and will give you not only some background but also a bit of foreshadowing.

I won't say it was easy with the usual technical difficulties and the fact that I had made some edits on a separate document that I hope made it to the final draft. It is very long (remind me NEVER to write this much again) but I couldn't find a stopping point I was happy with and there were a few scenes I felt I really wanted in this chapter.

I used Photoshop to enhance some of the images. (Thank you Leah for the links to the tutorials). I really hate using that technique to get a point across. I would much rather use my words but hey, I will try anything at least once.

I apologize in advance for any bad quality screenshots. After I re-installed, I used better quality capture settings, forgetting that I used different settings for the originals. I did re-take many of them but there are way too many to do that with all of them.

Thank you Beth and Tony for the support, encouragement, and the virtual gin!

Enjoy!