The Van Helsing Conjecture – Excerpt No. 201

What started as a soft whisper grew louder and louder until they were both faced with the answer.

“You’re not my Evelyn.”

“You’re not Clara.”

They said this at the same time, but neither were done just yet.

“No… an earlier version of Evelyn.”

“Something that never was…”

A cinematic, high-contrast, black-and-white photograph of two glamorous flappers, one with a feathered headband and a pearl necklace, the other with a diamond tiara and a fur-trimmed shawl, both lounging on a plush velvet couch, surrounded by ornate, geometric-patterned walls and gleaming chrome Art Deco accents, in a luxurious, smoke-filled nightclub, circa 1925, United States, with the air thick with cigarette smoke and the soft glow of crystal chandeliers, their fashionable, slender figures, adorned with intricate beading and fringe, leaning in, engaged in an intimate, gossipy conversation, their faces aglow with excitement, their skin a smooth, porcelain-like complexion, their dark eyeliner and Cupid's bow lips perfectly in place, amidst the opulence and excess of the Roaring Twenties.

Disclaimer: This novel is an work in progress and readers may encounter grammatical errors and inconsistencies. Please view this a draft and not a published work.



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