muddagoose

Amidst a fleece of suffocating mist, a blinding light flashed like lightning and a polished company car skidded dangerously down the treacherous dirt tracks. Driving rain pounded the bonnet whilst the tires screeched with frustration as they ground to a halt on the saturated drive. Beyond the hammering rain, a vast building towered menacingly over the sodden moor that surrounded it. On closer inspection, it seemed to be a once-grand country house, that wouldn't be out of place in an expensive period-drama. However, the house had evidently been attacked over the years, from the elements for instance, and from the exhausted and generally worse-