Ashes of the Day (2013)
“This was his first look at his new quarters. Over the past few days, the ferals had been working like demons, practically ’round the clock. They’d taken over the two rooms next to his office, connected them all and turned the space into a sumptuous private suite.
He didn’t know how they’d done it, but he wouldn’t have been surprised to learn they had spies, or perhaps even helpers, in Conrad’s house. Almost everything—all the ornate, Victorian-Gothic furniture for certain—looked like it could h...ave been pulled from the mansion’s attic. He couldn’t help feeling they’d made a concerted attempt to replicate everything he’d walked away from, as though to make sure he never felt any lack. Or had any reason to leave them and return to Conrad’s nest.
A huge fireplace surround—one with pillars and mirrors and intricately carved wood—had been dragged home from somewhere and secured against one wall. A fake electric fireplace with flames that flickered and moved had been shoved inside the opening in the face of the surround—giving the illusion that it was a working fireplace.MoreLess
He didn’t know how they’d done it, but he wouldn’t have been surprised to learn they had spies, or perhaps even helpers, in Conrad’s house. Almost everything—all the ornate, Victorian-Gothic furniture for certain—looked like it could h...ave been pulled from the mansion’s attic. He couldn’t help feeling they’d made a concerted attempt to replicate everything he’d walked away from, as though to make sure he never felt any lack. Or had any reason to leave them and return to Conrad’s nest.
A huge fireplace surround—one with pillars and mirrors and intricately carved wood—had been dragged home from somewhere and secured against one wall. A fake electric fireplace with flames that flickered and moved had been shoved inside the opening in the face of the surround—giving the illusion that it was a working fireplace.MoreLess
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