magisternihil's 100-word story for December 6, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on December 6, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Andrew couldn’t shake the feeling that he was being watched and it unsettled him. He was used to being the one with his eye on things, always looking for the right angle, the perfect lighting. It was almost as if the building itself had eyes that bore into him, watched his every move. He found himself conscious of everything he did, what rocks he knocked aside with his shoe or how long he let his had rest on a column Then he heard it, a low, almost musical voice on the wind through the columns. “That’s not my best side.”

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