Stop! Thief!

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“abscond” in exactly 27 words. Also
 for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge word “grey”.

Sirens pierced the grey fog as the thief tried to abscond with the stolen crown. Footsteps echoed closer down the dark corridor, threatening to foil his escape.

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27 Words

This is “Whiskey In the Jar” by Thin Lizzy

Weekend Writing Prompt #493 – Abscond

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Grey

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