(The fifth dribble of six written for the Spooky Arda "Six Days of Spooky" Challenge)
OLDER AND FOULER THINGS
Boromir berated himself; he should never have thrown that stone. Far beneath, in the pool’s cold and darksome depths, something stirred, and ripples bubbled to the surface. Awakened, malice sent a thread of thought questing to the distant murky surface. A token of power beckons, calling, calling: “take me!” moving slowly upwards tentacles writhe… There!